2 Samuel 8:5-8

5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

7 David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 From Tebah^[a] and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

2 Samuel 8:5-8 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. S Genesis 14:15; 2 Samuel 10:6; 1 Kings 11:24; 2 Kings 8:7; 2 Kings 14:28
• 2. 1 Kings 20:34
• 3. 2 Samuel 10:19
• 4. ver 14; 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:9
• 5. 1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 14:26; 2 Kings 11:10
• 6. Ezekiel 47:16

Footnotes

• [a]. See some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew "Betah" .