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

1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 8:3 word by word

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

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

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 8:3

• 1 Chronicles 18:3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
• 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
• 1 Samuel 14:47So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he smote them .
• 1 Kings 11:23And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
• Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
• Genesis 15:18In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.
• Deuteronomy 11:24Every place on which the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea shall your border be.
• 1 Kings 4:21And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Psalms 72:8He shall have dominion also 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