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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.

Context of 2 Samuel 8:3

1In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines. 2David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute. Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at the Euphrates River. 4David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses. 5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

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 18:3Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at the Euphrates River.
• 2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.
• 1 Samuel 14:47After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.
• 1 Kings 11:23And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah.
• Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!
• Genesis 15:18On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
• Exodus 23:31“I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the desert to the Euphrates River. I will give into your hands the people who live in the land, and you will drive them out before you.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1 Kings 4:21And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
• Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea and from the River 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