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 and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town. 2David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. 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. 4David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots. 5When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 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 18:3David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, as far as Hamath, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
• 2 Samuel 10:6When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.
• 1 Samuel 14:47Now when Saul had secured his grasp on Israel’s throne, he fought against his enemies in every direction—against Moab, Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. And wherever he turned, he was victorious.
• 1 Kings 11:23God also raised up Rezon son of Eliada as Solomon’s adversary. Rezon had fled from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah,
• Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God, and broken our defenses. You have been angry with us; now restore us to your favor.
• Genesis 15:18So the Lord made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River—
• Exodus 23:31And I will fix your boundaries from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and from the eastern wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will hand over to you the people now living in the land, and you will drive them out ahead of you.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Wherever you set foot, that land will be yours. Your frontiers will stretch from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
• 1 Kings 4:21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River in the north to the land of the Philistines and the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered peoples of those lands sent tribute money to Solomon and continued to serve him throughout his lifetime.
• Psalms 72:8May he reign from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates 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