2 Samuel 8:13-14

13 David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. ¹

14 He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.

2 Samuel 8:13-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 8

This chapter gives a relation of the wars of David with his enemies, and his victories over them, particularly the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, and of the spoils he took from them, and of the presents made to him by others, 2Sa 8:1-14; and of his righteous administration of government, and of the principal officers in his court and camp, 2Sa 8:15-18.

Cross References

• 1. 8.13 Ps 60 Title.

Footnotes

• [a] set up military camps; [or] placed military commanders.