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    2 Samuel · 18 verses

    2 Samuel 8

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    David’s victory over Moab pauses for an extraordinarily tidy piece of brutality: the captives lie down, a cord measures them, and the lengths decide who lives.

    A kingdom measured outvv. 1–14

    David moves through the region like a particularly energetic collector of kingdoms. The Philistines are subdued, Moab is made subject and tributary, Hadadezer of Zobah is overtaken on his way to the Euphrates, and the Arameans of Damascus arrive to help him only to lose twenty-two thousand men. The horses receive their own curious accounting: all are hamstrung save one hundred kept for chariots. Gold shields come to Jerusalem, bronze comes from Betah and Berothai, and Joram of Hamath arrives with silver, gold, and bronze because his father Toi has had quite enough of being at war with Hadadezer. David dedicates the treasure to the LORD, along with spoil from the nations he has subdued. Then Edom is garrisoned after eighteen thousand are struck down in the Valley of Salt, and the chapter twice remarks that the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

    From conquest to appointmentsvv. 15–18

    The scene changes from captured horses and dedicated metal to the running of a kingdom. David reigns over Israel and administers justice and righteousness. Joab is over the army; Jehoshaphat keeps the record; Zadok and Ahimelech are priests; Seraiah is the scribe; Benaiah commands the Cherethites and Pelethites. The final line adds, without pausing to explain the arrangement, that David’s sons were priestly leaders—a splendidly abrupt little mystery at the end of an otherwise careful list.

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    1. 2 Sam 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

    2. 2 Sam 8:2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

    3. 2 Sam 8:3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

    4. 2 Sam 8:4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

    5. 2 Sam 8:5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.

    6. 2 Sam 8:6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

    7. 2 Sam 8:7And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

    8. 2 Sam 8:8And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

    9. 2 Sam 8:9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

    10. 2 Sam 8:10he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

    11. 2 Sam 8:11and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

    12. 2 Sam 8:12from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

    13. 2 Sam 8:13And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

    14. 2 Sam 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

    15. 2 Sam 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

    16. 2 Sam 8:16Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

    17. 2 Sam 8:17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

    18. 2 Sam 8:18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.

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    • 62 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
    • 122 Samuel 10:14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
    • 11 Chronicles 18:1–17Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
    • 2Numbers 24:17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
    • 31 Samuel 14:47After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
    • 111 Kings 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
    • 132 Kings 14:7Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.
    • 15Psalms 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
    • 15Amos 5:15Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
    • 161 Kings 4:3Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
    • 181 Samuel 30:14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
    • 32 Samuel 10:16Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
    • 32 Samuel 10:19When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
    • 4Joshua 11:9Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
    • 4Joshua 11:6Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
    • 51 Kings 11:23–25And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

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