2Sa 8:12 | NET2full | STEP | including Edom , Moab , the Ammonites , the Philistines , and Amalek . This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah .

‏ 2 Samuel 8:12

12 including ^{▼▼tn Heb “from.”} Edom, ^{▼▼tc Heb “Aram.” A few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac read “Edom” (cf. 2 Sam 8:14 and 1 Chr 18:11). Aram and Edom are spelled similarly, the difference being a ד (dalet) vs. a ר (resh). Besides the textual witnesses, the geography in v. 13, the Valley of Salt, fits Edom and not Aram.} Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. This also included some of the plunder taken from ^{▼▼tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”} King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.