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SYRIANS OF DAMASCUS - The Syrians (Aram), whose capital was Damascus,
were the best known and most powerful. Damascus (written Darmesek in
marginal references, according to the late Aramean orthograph...
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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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MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14....
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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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_the Syrians of Damascus_ The kingdom of which Damascus was the
capital was the most powerful branch of the Aramaeans or Syrians, and
played an important part in the history of Israel. It did not long...
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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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DAMASCUS] is situated 'in a plain of vast size and extreme fertility,
which lies east of the great chain of Anti-Libanus, on the edge of the
Desert.' It has always been one of the most important citie...
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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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SYRIANS OF DAMASCUS. — So called from their capital, this being the
most powerful branch of the Syrian race.
TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND MEN. — Josephus (_Ant. vii._ 5, § 2) quotes
from the historian Nic...
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וַ תָּבֹא֙ אֲרַ֣ם דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק לַ
עְזֹ֕ר לַ
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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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_Men. As Adarezer had brought upon himself the arms of David, perhaps
by attempting to succour the Moabites, as he afterwards did the
children of Ammon; (chap. x.) so the king of Damascus was ruined b...
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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 WHEN THE SYRIANS OF DAMASCUS CAME TO SUCCOUR HADADEZER KING OF
ZOBAH,.... These seem to have had no king at this time, or, if they
had, Hadadezer was their king, which is not improbable; and Nicho...
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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Ver. 5. _And when the Syrians of Damascus came._] Either by the
comman...
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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 when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer, king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians, or, Arameans, TWO AND TWENTY
THOUSAND MEN....
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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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THE SYRIANS OF DAMASCUS, i. e. who were subject to Damascus, the chief
city of Syria....
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2 Samuel 8:5 Syrians H758 Damascus H1834 came H935 (H8799) help H5826
(H8800) Hadadezer H1909 king H4428 Zobah...
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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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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 18:5; 1 Chronicles 18:6; 1 Kings 11:23; Isaiah 31:3;...
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Of Damascus — That is, who were subject to Damascus, the chief city
of Syria....