2 Samuel 8
David’s Triumphs
1 aNow after this it came about that David ▼▼ Lit smote
defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took ▼▼ Lit the bridle of the mother city
control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines. 2 dHe ▼▼ Lit smote
defeated fMoab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And gthe Moabites became servants to David, hbringing tribute. 3Then David ▼▼ Lit smote
defeated jHadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as khe went to restore his ▼▼ Lit hand
rule at the ▼▼ I.e. Euphrates
River. 4David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David nhamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. 5When othe Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David ▼▼ Lit smote
killed 22,000 Arameans. 6Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and qthe Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And rthe Lord helped David wherever he went. 7David took the shields of gold which were ▼▼ Lit on
carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8From ▼▼ In 1 Chr 18:8, Tibhath
Betah and from uBerothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze. 9Now when Toi king of vHamath heard that David had ▼▼ Lit smitten
defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10Toi sent ▼▼ In 1 Chr 18:10, Hadoram
Joram his son to King David to ▼▼ Lit ask him of his welfare
greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and ▼▼ Lit smitten
defeated him; for Hadadezer ▼▼ Lit was a man of wars
had been at war with Toi. And ▼▼ Lit there were in his hand
Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze. 11King David also acdedicated these to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued: 12from ▼▼ Some mss read Edom
Aram and aeMoab and afthe sons of Ammon and agthe Philistines and ahAmalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13So aiDavid made a name for himself when he returned from ▼▼ Lit smiting
killing 18,000 ▼▼ Some mss read Edom
Arameans in althe Valley of Salt. 14He put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and amall the Edomites became servants to David. And anthe Lord helped David wherever he went. 15So David reigned over all Israel; and David ▼▼ Lit was doing
administered justice and righteousness for all his people. 16 apJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and aqJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was arrecorder. 17 asZadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were atpriests, and Seraiah was ausecretary. 18 avBenaiah the son of Jehoiada ▼▼ Lit and the Cherethites
was over the axCherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ▼▼ Lit priests
,
azchief ministers.
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