2 Samuel 8
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2 Samuel 8:1-4

1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah1 from the hand of the Philistines.

2David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.2 4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers,3 and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

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  1. 1. 2 Samuel 8:1 Metheg-ammah means bridle of the mother city. ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 8:3 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate (see also 1 Chronicles 18:3); Hebrew along the River, or an alternate reading along the Euphrates ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 8:4 LXX (see also DSS and 1 Chronicles 18:4); MT captured from him seventeen hundred charioteers ↩

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