2 Samuel 8:5

5 Or les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours de Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba; et David battit vingt-deux mille Syriens.

2 Samuel 8:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king
of Zobah
These seem to have had no king at this time, or, if they had, Hadadezer was their king, which is not improbable; and Nicholas of Damascus ^F15; an Heathen writer, is clear for it, whom he calls Adad, who, he says, reigned over Damascus, and the other Syria without Phoenicia, who made war with David king of Judea, and was routed by him at Euphrates: and he seems to be the first king of Damascus, which he joined to the kingdom of Zobah, and all the kings of Damascus afterwards were called by the same name; though Josephus ^F16, who also speaks of Adad being king of Damascus and of the Syrians, yet makes him different from this Hadadezer, to whose assistance he says he came:

David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men;
that is, of the Syrians of Damascus.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Apud Joseph. ib. (l. 7. c. 5.) sect. 2.
F16 Ibid.

2 Samuel 8:5 In-Context

3 David battit aussi Hadadézer, fils de Réhob, roi de Tsoba, comme il allait rétablir sa domination sur le fleuve de l'Euphrate.

4 Et David lui prit dix-sept cents cavaliers, et vingt mille hommes de pied; et il coupa les jarrets aux chevaux de tous les chars, mais il en réserva cent chars.

5 Or les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours de Hadadézer, roi de Tsoba; et David battit vingt-deux mille Syriens.

6 Puis David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens furent soumis à David et ses tributaires. Et l'Éternel gardait David partout où il allait.

7 Et David prit les boucliers d'or qu'avaient les serviteurs de Hadadézer, et les apporta à Jérusalem.