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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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SYRIA. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Edom"
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6.
CHILDREN. sons.
AMALEK. See note on Exodus 17:16....
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_of Syria_ Chr. and the Sept. agree in reading _Edom_instead of
_Aram_(Syria). The two names are easily confused (cp. note on 2 Samuel
8:3), and it is not easy to decide between them. The order, and t...
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Congratulatory embassy from Toi king of Hamath
9. _Toi_ The Sept. agrees with Chr. in reading his name _Toü_.
_Hamath_ A kingdom north of Zobah, with a capital of the same name
situated on the Oronte...
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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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_OF SYRIA, AND OF MOAB, AND OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND OF THE
PHILISTINES, AND OF AMALEK, AND OF THE SPOIL OF HADADEZER, SON OF
REHOB, KING OF ZOBAH._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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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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OF SYRIA. — 1 Chronicles 18:11 reads Edom. The two names differing
in the original only by one very similar letter (the _d_ and r, which
are so often confused), it might be supposed that one was an er...
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מֵ אֲרָ֤ם וּ מִ מֹּואָב֙ וּ מִ...
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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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(9) В¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the
host of Hadadezer, (10) Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David,
to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against...
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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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OF SYRIA,.... Of Syria of Damascus, as distinct from Syriazobah,
Hadadezer was king of, after mentioned; this is omitted in
1 Chronicles 18:11;
AND OF MOAB: who brought him gifts and presents, and w...
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Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of
Rehob, king of Zobah.
Ver. 12. _Of Syria, &c._] Rupertus well appliet...
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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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David's Prestige Recognized...
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of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of
Rehob, king of Zobah....
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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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9-14 All the precious things David was master of, were dedicated
things; they were designed for building the temple. The idols of gold
David destroyed, 2 Samuel 5:21, but the vessels of gold he dedic...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Samuel 8:12 Syria H758 Moab H4124 people H1121 Ammon H5983
Philistines H6430 Amalek H6002 spoil H7998 Hadadezer H1909
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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 18:11; 2 Samuel 10:11; 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Samuel 12:26...