2 Samuel 8:5

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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.

5 ^aWhen the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So ^athe Lord preserved David wherever he went.

7 And David took ^athe shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 Also from¹ Betah and from ^aBerothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

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2 Samuel 8:5

Syrians of Damascus - The Syrians (Aram), whose capital was Damascus, were the best known and most powerful. Damascus (written Darmesek in marginal references, according to the late Aramean orthography) is first mentioned in Genesis 15:2. According to Nicolaus of Damascus, cited by Josephus, the Syrian king' s name was Hadad.

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