‏ 2 Samuel 8

David’s Triumphs

1 aNow it happened afterward that David
Lit struck
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 dAnd He
Lit struck
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 a full line to keep alive. And gthe Moabites became servants to David, hbringing tribute.

3 Then David
Lit struck
defeated jHadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as khe went to restore his
Lit hand
power at the Euphrates River.
4And David captured from him
Here LXX reads as 1 Chr 18:4; partial DSS text appears to also
1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David nhamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
5When othe Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David
Lit struck
killed twenty-two thousand men among the 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.
8And from
In 1 Chr 18:8, Tibhath
Betah and uBerothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

9 Now when Toi king of vHamath heard that David had
Lit struck
defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,
10Toi sent his son
In 1 Chr 18:10, Hadoram
Joram to King David to
Lit ask him of his welfare
greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and
Lit struck
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, gold, and bronze.
11King David also acconsecrated these gifts to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued: 12from
Some mss Edom
Aram, aeMoab, afthe sons of Ammon, agthe Philistines, ahAmalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 So aiDavid made a name for himself when he returned from
Lit striking
killing eighteen thousand
Some mss Edom
Arameans in althe Valley of Salt.
14He also 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.

15 So 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 commander over the army, and aqJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was arsecretary. 17 asZadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were atpriests, and Seraiah was auscribe. 18 avBenaiah the son of Jehoiada
See 1 Chr 18:17; MT and the Cherethites
was over the axCherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were
Lit priests
azchief ministers.
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