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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:13

Verse 2 Samuel 8:13. David gat him a name] Became a very celebrated and eminent man. The Targum has it, David collected troops; namely, to recruit his army when he returned from smiting the Syrians. His many battles had no doubt greatly thinned his army.

The valley of salt] Supposed to be a large plain abounding in this mineral, about a league from the city of Palmyra or Tadmor in the wilderness.

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See also 2 Samuel 8:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE SYRIANS - Read the Edomites, as in marginal references (compare Psalms 60:1 title), and as the context 2 Samuel 8:14 requires. For a further account of this war of extermination with Edom, see 1 K

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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'

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GAT HIM. made himself. SMITING. his smiting. This is David's exploit. In 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:12 it is Abishai's command, while in title of Psalms 60 ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Conquest of Edom 13. _gat_him _a name_ Won renown. Cp. ch. 2 Samuel 7:9. This, and not "erected a monument," as some render, is the right meaning. _when he returned from smiting of the Syrians_ The t...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    DAVID GAT HIM A NAME, &C.— _To get a name,_ in the Eastern style, does not mean to be called by this or that particular name, but to be celebrated as a happy and glorious person. Thus it is joined wit...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID GAT HIM A NAME WHEN HE RETURNED FROM SMITING OF THE SYRIANS IN THE VALLEY OF SALT, BEING EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN._ Returned from smiting of the Syrians, х_ 'ET_ (H854) _ 'ARAAM_ (H758). Inst...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:13 Syrians (c-15) Some read 'Edomites.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHEN HE RETURNED FROM SMITING OF THE SYRIANS. — Possibly, from the similarity in the original between _Syria_ and _Edom_ (see 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:12), the words “he smote Edom” have dropped out o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יַּ֤עַשׂ דָּוִד֙ שֵׁ֔ם בְּ שֻׁבֹ֕ו מֵ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Name, or triumphal arch. (Rabbins) --- He acquired great fame, chap. xvii. 9., and 1 Machabees v. 57. (Menochius) --- Syria, which is styled Aram in Hebrew. The Septuagint have read Edom, or Idumea, a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (13) And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. The high reputation of David is again noticed in this battle with the Syr...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DAVID GAT [HIM] A NAME,.... Fame and reputation in the several nations of the world for valour and courage, for the many and signal victories that he obtained; the Jewish writers generally refer t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And David gat [him] a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men]. Ver. 13. _And David gat him a name._] He set him up a triumphal arch or...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David gat him a name, he gained renown, his fame spread far and wide, when HE RETURNED FROM SMITING OF THE SYRIANS IN THE VALLEY OF SALT, BEING EIGHTEEN THOUSAND MEN, namely, of the Edomites. It s...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David's Prestige Recognized...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SMITING: _ Heb._ his smiting...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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 Sy...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 8:13 David H1732 made H6213 (H8799) name H8034 returned H7725 (H8800) killing H5221 (H8687) eighteen...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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;...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:13 The VALLEY OF SALT must have been in the Edomite territory south and east of the Dead Sea. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11; 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Samuel 7:9;...

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