2 Samuel 8:1 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 8:1

David’s Further Conquests

1 After this it came to pass that David¹ attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took² Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

2 Then ^ahe defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s ^bservants, and ^cbrought tribute.

3 David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^aZobah, as he went to recover ^bhis territory at the River Euphrates.

4 David took from him one thousand chariots,¹ seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ^ahamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

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American Standard Version
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.

Amplified® Bible
AFTER THIS David smote the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg-ammah out of the hands of the Philistines.

Contemporary English Version
Later, David attacked and badly defeated the Philistines. Israel was now free from their control.

Darby English Version
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took the power of the capital out of the hand of the Philistines.

Good News Bible
Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.

King James Version
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

New American Standard Bible
Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

New International Version
In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.

New King James Version
After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Now after this it came to pass that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

Revised Standard Version
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and David took Meth'eg-am'mah out of the hand of the Philistines.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

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David’s Further Conquests

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