2 Samuel 8:5 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5

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.

Verse Comparison: 2 Samuel 8:5

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American Standard Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

Amplified® Bible
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 of them.

Contemporary English Version
When troops from the Aramean kingdom of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty thousand of them.

Darby English Version
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

Good News Bible
When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.

King James Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

New American Standard Bible
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.

New International Version
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

New King James Version
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.

Revised Standard Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadade'zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

Young's Literal Translation
And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;

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