What does 2 Samuel 8:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"David smote also Hadadezer,b the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates."
Verse 2 Samuel 8:3. _DAVID 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 dominio...
HADADEZER - 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 S...
5. THE EXTENSION OF HIS KINGDOM CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Philistines and Moab smitten (2 Samuel 8:1)_ 2. Hadadezer overthrown (2 Samuel 8:3) 3. Further conquests and triumphs (2 Samuel 8:9) 4. David's...
2 SAMUEL 8. DAVID'S VICTORIES. HIS MINISTERS (D). A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul (1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion of a...
HADADEZER. Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Hadadezer" (compare 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:5). Some divide and make it two words. ZOBAH....
Conquest of Zobah and Damascus 3. _Hadadezer_ This name is written _Hadarezer_in ch. 2 Samuel 10:16-19, and in Chronicles, the letters _d_(ד) and _r_(ר) being easily confused in Hebrew. _Hadad_was th...
TO RECOVER HIS BORDER AT THE RIVER— The Hebrew ידו להשׁיב _lehashib yado,_ may be literally rendered, _as he went to turn back his hand,_ &c. _David smote Hadadezer, when he,_ David, _went to turn bac...
The Throne of David Established, 2 Samuel 8:1-18. _David's Victories._ 2 Samuel 8:1-13 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah...
_DAVID SMOTE ALSO HADADEZER, THE SON OF REHOB, KING OF ZOBAH, AS HE WENT TO RECOVER HIS BORDER AT THE RIVER EUPHRATES._ Zobah - (cf. 1 Chronicles 18:3.) This kingdom was bounded on the east by the Eu...
8:3 dominion (a-18) Or 're-establish his (David's) power.'...
DAVID'S VICTORIES, AND A LIST OF HIS OFFICERS This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a different source....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 8 DAVID WINS MANY WARS V1 Some time later, David fought the *Philistines. He defeated them and he controlled their chief city. V2 T...
HADADEZER... KING OF ZOBAH. — This name is sometimes (1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:5; 1 Chronicles 18:7, &c.) spelt “Hadarezer,” the letters _d_ and _r_ being much alike in Hebrew and easily con...
וַ יַּ֣ךְ דָּוִ֔ד אֶת ־הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר בֶּן ־רְחֹ֖ב מֶ֣לֶךְ צֹובָ֑ה בְּ לֶכְתֹּ֕ו לְ הָשִׁ֥יב יָדֹ֖ו...
CHAPTER X. _ FOREIGN WARS._ 2 Samuel 8:1. THE transitions of the Bible, like those of actual life, are often singularly abrupt; that which now hurries us from the scene of elevated communion with Go...
VICTORIOUS ON EVERY SIDE 2 Samuel 8:1 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6; 2 Samuel 8:14. Indeed, he was more than a conqueror,...
Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation between this account of them and what had preceded. T...
_Adarezer. He is styled Adadezer in Hebrew and this seems to have been his true name, though it is written Adarezer in Paralipomenon. Adad, or "the sun," was the chief idol of Syria, and the kings ins...
(3) David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. (4) And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, a...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
Being entirely delivered from the insurrections of the people,* David exercises his power in bringing his enemies into subjection. The Philistines, who dwelt within the land of Israel, are subjugated....
AND DAVID ALSO SMOTE HADADEZER THE SON OF REHOB, KING OF ZOBAH,.... Called sometimes Aramzobah, and was a part of Syria, as its name shows. Benjamin, of Tudela h takes it to be the same with Haleb or...
David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. Ver. 3. _David smote also Hadadezer._] An ambitious and turbulent prince, who beg...
_King of Zobah_ Zobah was a part of Syria, whose eastern border was Euphrates, as the western was the land of Canaan, and the kingdom of Damascus. _As he went to recover his border_ That is, as David...
1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 9 Toi sendeth Ioram with Presents to blesse him. 11 The Presents and the spoile Dauid dedicateth to God....
VICTORIES OVER VARIOUS NATIONS...
God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phil...
HADADEZER, called _Hadarezer_, 1 CHRONICLES 18:3, the Hebrew letters _daleth_ and _reseh_ being alike, and so oft interchanged. ZOBAH; a part of Syria, lying north-east from Canaan, towards Hamath, 1...
2 Samuel 8:3 David H1732 defeated H5221 (H8686) Hadadezer H1909 son H1121 Rehob H7340 king H4428 Zobah H6678 went H3212 (H8800) recover H7725 (H8687) territory H3027 River H5104 Euphrates H6578 Hadad...
CONTENTS: Full establishment of David's kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hadadezer, Joram, Toi. CONCLUSION: After the long and frequent struggles which the Christian has with the powers of darkness,...
2 Samuel 8:2. _Two lines._ The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance. Th...
_David smote the Philistines and subdued them._ THE VICTORIOUS KING These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110. I. Th...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:1__ Chapter 2 Samuel 8:1 lists David’s military victories. These events do not necessarily match the historical order of the rest of the book. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1. “METHEG-AMMAH.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “METHEG” is a “BRIDLE,” and “AMMAH” is translated _mother_ by Keil,...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 8:1 DAVID SMOTE THE PHILISTINES. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of Israel nationally, but was also the rea...
In the eighth chapter of second Samuel there is chronicled for us certain of David's victories over their enemies round about, how that God was establishing David and his kingdom, and was subduing his...
1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Kings 11:23; 1 Kings 11:24; 1 Kings 4:21; 1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 10:6; Deuteronomy 11:24; Exodus 23:31; Genesis 15:18;...
As he went — David, remembering the grant which God had made to his people of all the land as far as Euphrates, and having subdued his neighbouring enemies, went to recover his rights, and stablish hi...