2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 8 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites; smiteth the king of Zobah, and the Syrians; placeth a garrison in Damascus, 2 SAMUEL 8:1. Toi sendeth Joram with presents to bless him; which with the spoil he dedicateth to God, 2 SAMUEL 8:9: smiteth the Edomites, and placeth a gar... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SMOTE MOAB; for although the king of Moab, out of hatred to Saul, pretended some kindness to David, and gave protection to his parents, 1 SAMUEL 22:3,4; yet the Moabites were perpetual and sworn enemies to the Israelites, who therefore were forbidden to admit them into the congregation of the Lor... [ Continue Reading ]
HADADEZER, called _Hadarezer_, 1 CHRONICLES 18:3, the Hebrew letters _daleth_ and _reseh_ being alike, and so oft interchanged. ZOBAH; a part of Syria, lying north-east from Canaan, towards Hamath, 1 CHRONICLES 18:3. See 1 SAMUEL 14:47. AS HE WENT. QUEST. Who? ANSW. Either, first, _Hadarezer_; who,... [ Continue Reading ]
CHARIOTS; which word is fitly supplied out of 1 CHRONICLES 18:4, such substantives being oft understood in the Hebrew language, as GENESIS 26:30 2 SAMUEL 21:16. SEVEN HUNDRED HORSEMEN, or _seven hundred companies_ of horsemen, i. e. in all _seven thousand_; as it is 1 CHRONICLES 18:4; there being te... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYRIANS OF DAMASCUS, i. e. who were subject to Damascus, the chief city of Syria.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT GIFTS, to purchase their peace, and acknowledge their subjection to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT WERE ON THE SERVANTS, or rather, _which were with the servants_, i.e. committed to their custody, as being kept in the king's armory; for it is not probable they carried them into the field.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 two other cities, and so the brass was taken out of these four cities.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAMATH; another eminent city of Syria.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOI SENT JORAM: here also the names differ from 1 CHRONICLES 18:9,10, where it is _Tou_ and _Hadoram_. HAD WARS, Heb. _was a man of wars_, i.e. was exercised with continual wars. Compare GENESIS 9:20, &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO THE LORD; to the building of God's temple. So he showed his affection to God and his house, in preparing for it when he was not permitted to build it.... [ Continue Reading ]
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GAT HIM A NAME, i.e. much increased his reputation. _The Syrians_, or _Edomites_, as they are said to be, 1 CHRONICLES 18:12. It is likely these two people were confederates, and that divers of the Syrians whom David had defeated in Syria fled to Edom, and there joined with them against their common... [ Continue Reading ]
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JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE, i. e. just judgment, as DEUTERONOMY 16:18. A figure called _hendiadis_ as in GENESIS 3:16 MATTHEW 4:16.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOAB having doubtless declared his repentance for his former crimes, and having done eminent service for his country, and having received the chief command by virtue of David's promise and contract, 2 SAMUEL 5:8, was still continued in his place. RECORDER; either, first, The writer of chronicles. Bu... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON OF AHITUB; not of that Ahitub, 1SA 22; for that was of Ithamar's race, but this of Eleazar. AHIMELECH THE SON OF ABIATHAR; so Abiathar called his son by the name of his father, 1 SAMUEL 22:20. The priests, i. e. the chief priest next under Abiathar, who fled to David, 1 SAMUEL 22:20, and now... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS OVER: these words are supplied out of the parallel place, 1 CHRONICLES 18:17, and out of 2 SAMUEL 20:23, where they are expressed. The Cherethites and Pelethites were undoubtedly soldiers, and such as were eminent for their valour and fidelity to the king, as is evident from 2 SAMUEL 15:18, 2 SA... [ Continue Reading ]