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BETAH AND BEROTHAI - These names (see also margin) have not been
identified with certainty.
EXCEEDING MUCH BRASS - “Wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and
the pillars, and the vessels of brass” 1...
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5. THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM
CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The Philistines and Moab smitten (2 Samuel 8:1)_
2. Hadadezer overthrown (2 Samuel 8:3)
3. Further conquests and triumphs (2 Samuel 8:9)
4. David'
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2 SAMUEL 8. DAVID'S VICTORIES. HIS MINISTERS (D). A concluding
summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul (1 Samuel 14:47
ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion of a...
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Conquest of Zobah and Damascus
3. _Hadadezer_ This name is written _Hadarezer_in ch. 2 Samuel
10:16-19, and in Chronicles, the letters _d_(ד) and _r_(ר) being
easily confused in Hebrew. _Hadad_was th...
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_Betah_ The site of this city is unknown, and even the form of the
name is uncertain. Chr. has _Tibhath_, and the reading of the Sept.
makes it probable that the original form here was _Tebah_, which...
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The Throne of David Established, 2 Samuel 8:1-18.
_David's Victories._ 2 Samuel 8:1-13
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took Methegammah o...
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_AND DAVID TOOK FROM HIM A THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND SEVEN HUNDRED
HORSEMEN, AND TWENTY THOUSAND FOOTMEN: AND DAVID HOUGHED ALL THE
CHARIOT HORSES, BUT RESERVED OF THEM FOR AN HUNDRED CHARIOTS._
No JFB...
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DAVID'S VICTORIES, AND A LIST OF HIS OFFICERS
This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of
the book is taken from a different source....
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EXCEEDING MUCH BRASS] i.e. copper. It is said that the Egyptians of
the 18th and 19th dynasties got so much copper from Syria that they
gave up working the mines on Mt. Sinai....
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 8
DAVID WINS MANY WARS
V1 Some time later, David fought the *Philistines. He defeated them
and he controlled their chief city. V2...
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BETAH AND FROM BEROTHAI. — There is no satisfactory clue to the
situation of these places. For Betah 1 Chronicles 18:8 has _Tibhath_
in the Hebrew, a mere transposition of the letters; and for Berotha...
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וּ מִ בֶּ֥טַח וּ מִ בֵּֽרֹתַ֖י עָרֵ֣י
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CHAPTER X.
_ FOREIGN WARS._
2 Samuel 8:1.
THE transitions of the Bible, like those of actual life, are often
singularly abrupt; that which now hurries us from the scene of
elevated communion with Go...
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VICTORIOUS ON EVERY SIDE
2 Samuel 8:1
Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David
“whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 8:14. Indeed, he
was more than a conqueror,...
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Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not
necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close
relation between this account of them and what had preceded.
Th...
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(5) And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (6) Then
David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians...
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We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first
desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that,
although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
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Being entirely delivered from the insurrections of the people,* David
exercises his power in bringing his enemies into subjection. The
Philistines, who dwelt within the land of Israel, are subjugated....
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AND FROM BETAH, AND FROM BEROTHAI, CITIES OF HADADEZER,.... Which, in
1 Chronicles 18:8, are called Tibhath and Chun, they having different
names; or their names might be changed upon this conquest of...
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And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
Ver. 8. _And from Betah, and from Berothai._] Called afterwards
Tibhath and Chun. 1Ch 18:8...
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_From Betah_, &c. In 1 Chronicles 18:8, it is, from Tibhath, and from
Chun. Either therefore the same cities were called by several names,
as is usual, the one by the Hebrews, the other by the Syrians...
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1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites.
3 He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Syrians.
9 Toi sendeth Ioram with Presents to blesse him.
11 The Presents and the spoile Dauid dedicateth to God....
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And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took
exceeding much brass, for it seems that there were very productive
copper-mines in this part of Syria. Note: If a believer undert...
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VICTORIES OVER VARIOUS NATIONS...
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God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and
David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is
"after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phil...
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In 1 CHRONICLES 18:8, it is _from Tibnath and from Chun_. Either
therefore the same cities were called by several names, as is usual,
the one by the Hebrews, the other by the Syrians; or those were tw...
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2 Samuel 8:8 Betah H984 Berothai H1268 cities H5892 Hadadezer H1909
King H4428 David H1732 took H3947 (H8804) large...
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CONTENTS: Full establishment of David's kingdom.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Hadadezer, Joram, Toi.
CONCLUSION: After the long and frequent struggles which the Christian
has with the powers of darkness,...
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2 Samuel 8:2. _Two lines._ The measuring line gave inheritance, but
here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the
manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance. Th...
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_David smote the Philistines and subdued them._
THE VICTORIOUS KING
These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms,
amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110.
I. The...
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_And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus._
THE GARRISON OF THE GRACES
“He that buildeth a ship doth not make his work of such a sort that
it may avoid all waves and billows, that is impossible;...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:1__ Chapter 2 Samuel 8:1 lists David’s
military victories. These events do not necessarily match the
historical order of the rest of the book....
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:3 ZOBAH and DAMASCUS were both in Syria.
Zobah was in the northern part of the Lebanon Valley (see Joshua 1
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 8:1. “METHEG-AMMAH.” This is a very obscure word, and has
been very variously translated. “METHEG” is a “BRIDLE,” and
“AMMAH” is translated _mother_ by Keil, E...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 8:1
DAVID SMOTE THE PHILISTINES. In the previous chapter we have seen that
the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of
Israel nationally, but was also the rea...
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In the eighth chapter of second Samuel there is chronicled for us
certain of David's victories over their enemies round about, how that
God was establishing David and his kingdom, and was subduing his...
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1 Chronicles 18:8; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 22:16; 1
Chronicles 29:7;...
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From Betah, &c. — In 1 Chronicles 18:8, it is, from Tibhath, and
from Chun. Either therefore the same cities were called by several
names, as is usual, the one by the Hebrews, the other by the Syrians...