2 Samuel 8:3

2 Samuel 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
• New International Version (NIV)Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at the Euphrates River.
• English Standard Version (ESV)David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
• New King James Version (NKJV)David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates.

Context of 2 Samuel 8:3

1After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from Philistine control. 2He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River. 4David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots. 5When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

2 Samuel 8:3 word by word

וַיַּ֣ךְ דָּוִ֔ד אֶת־הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר בֶּן־רְחֹ֖ב מֶ֣לֶךְ צוֹבָ֑ה בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ לְהָשִׁ֥יב יָד֖וֹ בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• also Hadadezerהֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶרhădad‛ezer · HadadezerH1909
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Rehobרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · RehobH7340
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Zobahצוֹבָאtsôbâ' tsôbâh tsôbâh · ZobahH6678
• as he wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• to recoverשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
• his borderיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• at the riverנָהָרnâhâr · RiverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 8:3

• 1 Chronicles 18:3David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah at Hamath when he went to establish his control at the Euphrates River.
• 2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.
• 1 Samuel 14:47When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.
• 1 Kings 11:23God raised up Rezon son of Eliada as an enemy against Solomon. Rezon had fled from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah
• Psalms 60:1God, you have rejected us; you have broken us down; you have been angry. Restore us!
• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:
• Exodus 23:31I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1 Kings 4:21Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt. They offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3David smote - Hadadezer - He is supposed to have been king of all Syria, except Phoenicia; and, wishing to extend his dominions to the Euphrates, invaded a part of David's dominions which lay contiguous to it; but being attacked by David, he was totally routed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Hadadezer - Not (see the margin) Hadarezer. Hadadezer, is the true form, as seen in the names Benhadad, Hadad (1 Kings 15:18, etc.; 1 Kings 11:14, etc.). Hadad was the chief idol, or sun-god, of the Syrians. To recover his border - literally, to cause his hand to return. The phrase is used sometimes literally, as e. g. Exodus 4:7; 1 Kings 13:4; Proverbs 19:24; and sometimes figuratively, as Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 14:27; Amos 1:8; Psalm 74:11. The exact force…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Hadadezer appears again in 2 Samuel 10:16 as David's enemy. He may have been the direct son and successor of Rehob. Or he may have been the ruling king from a royal family begun by a king named Rehob. This kingdom was located near the northern city of Dan (see Judges 18:28; compare Numbers 13:21). Zobah was north and east of David’s kingdom. who had marched out: The Hebrew text uses a pronoun that simply means “he.” This could refer to Hadadezer, as the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Zobah--(1Ch 18:3). This kingdom was bounded on the east by the Euphrates, and it extended westward from that river, perhaps as far north as Aleppo. It was long the chief among the petty kingdoms of Syria, and its king bore the hereditary title of "Hadadezer" or "Hadarezer" ("Hadad," that is, "helped"). as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates--in accordance with the promises God made to Israel that He would give them all the country as…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 8:3

• Euphrates
• Hadadezer
• Rehob
• Syria
• Zobah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Euphrates River, the River
• Cord
• Euphrates
• Hadadezer
• Hadarezer
• Palestine
• Rabbah
• Rehob
• Rezon

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings