2 Samuel 8:5

2 Samuel 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
• New International Version (NIV)When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

Context of 2 Samuel 8:5

3Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the Euphrates River. 4And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans. 6Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the Lord helped David wherever he went. 7David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:5 word by word

וַתָּבֹא֙ אֲרַ֣ם דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק לַעְזֹ֕ר לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר מֶ֣לֶךְ צוֹבָ֑ה וַיַּ֤ךְ דָּוִד֙ בַּֽאֲרָ֔ם עֶשְׂרִֽים־וּשְׁנַ֥יִם אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• the Arameansאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• of Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to helpעָזַר‛âzar · to helpH5826
• Hadadezerהֲדַדְעֶ֫זֶרhădad‛ezer · HadadezerH1909
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Zobahצוֹבָאtsôbâ' tsôbâh tsôbâh · ZobahH6678
• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• killedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• twenty-twoעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• twenty-twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 8:5

• 1 Kings 11:23God also raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
• 1 Chronicles 18:5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
• Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people),
• Job 9:13“God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him the helpers of Rahab cower.
• Psalms 83:4They have said, “Come, and let’s wipe them out as a nation, So that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
• Isaiah 8:9“Be broken, you peoples, and be shattered; And listen, all remote places of the earth. Get ready, yet be shattered; Get ready, yet be shattered.
• Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians are human and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; So the Lord will stretch out His hand, And any helper will stumble, And one who is helped will fall. And all of them will come to an end together.
• 2 Chronicles 8:3Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 8:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Syrians 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 orthography) is first mentioned in Genesis 15:2. According to Nicolaus of Damascus, cited by Josephus, the Syrian king‘s name was Hadad.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Hadadezer’s neighbors, the Arameans from Damascus, were unable to help him resist David. They later had more success against Solomon (1 Kings 11:23–25). But they were less successful when they attacked Samaria during the reign of King Ahab of Israel (1 Kings 20).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 8:5

• Damascus
• Hadadezer
• Syria
• Zobah

In the dictionaries

• Damascus
• David
• Cord
• Euphrates
• Hadarezer
• Palestine
• Rabbah
• Rezon
• Scribe
• Servant

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