2 Samuel 8
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2 Samuel 8:2-6

2And he smote the Moabites, and measuredH4058 them with a line, making them lieH7901 down on the groundH776; and he measuredH4058 twoH8147 lines to putH4191 to deathH4191, and one full line to keep aliveH2421. And the Moabites becameH1961 David's servantsH5650, [and] brought giftsH4503.

3And DavidH1732 smote HadadezerH1909, the sonH1121 of RehobH7340, kingH4428 of ZobahH6678, as he wentH7725 to recover his dominion by the riverH5104 Euphrates.

4And DavidH1732 tookH3920 from him oneH376 thousandH505 sevenH7651 hundredH3967 horsemenH6571, and twentyH6242 thousandH505 footmen; and DavidH1732 houghed all the chariotH7393 [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundredH3967 chariotsH7393.

5And the Syrians of DamascusH1834 cameH935 to helpH5826 HadadezerH1909 kingH4428 of ZobahH6678, and DavidH1732 smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousandH505 menH376.

6And DavidH1732 putH7760 garrisonsH5333 in Syria of DamascusH1834; and the Syrians becameH1961 servantsH5650 to DavidH1732, [and] brought giftsH4503. And Jehovah preserved DavidH1732 whithersoever he wentH1980.

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