Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 8:11
Unto the Lord; to the building of God's temple. So he showed his affection to God and his house, in preparing for it when he was not permitted to build it.
Unto the Lord; to the building of God's temple. So he showed his affection to God and his house, in preparing for it when he was not permitted to build it.
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'
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...
Congratulatory embassy from Toi king of Hamath 9. _Toi_ The Sept. agrees with Chr. in reading his name _Toü_. _Hamath_ A kingdom north of Zobah, with a capital of the same name situated on the Oronte...
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 o...
_WHICH ALSO KING DAVID DID DEDICATE UNTO THE LORD, WITH THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT HE HAD DEDICATED OF ALL NATIONS WHICH HE SUBDUED;_ Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. Eastern princes h...
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...
WHICH ALSO. — The dedication of the gifts of Toi is especially mentioned, because these were not, like those of 2 Samuel 8:7; 2 Samuel 8:11, the spoils of _conquered_ nations. David, forbidden himself...
גַּם ־אֹתָ֕ם הִקְדִּ֛ישׁ הַ מֶּ֥לֶךְ דָּוִ֖ד...
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. Th...
_Subdued. This was the custom of most conquerors. But no prince was ever more religious in this respect than David. He had an officer appointed over the sacred treasure, which contained the presents o...
(9) В¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, (10) Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against...
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....
WHICH ALSO KING DAVID DID DEDICATE UNTO THE LORD,.... He devoted it to sacred uses, particularly to the building of the house of the Lord, as he also had the gold and the brass he took from Hadadezer:...
_Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;_ Ver. 11. _Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord._] For t...
_King of Hamath_ This city was also in Syria, and lay north of Judea. _To salute him, and bless him_ To congratulate him on his good success in the war with Hadadezer, and to wish him continued prospe...
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....
David's Prestige Recognized...
which also, like the metal brought as booty from the Syrian war, KING DAVID DID DEDICATE UNTO THE LORD, placing them into the treasury of the Tabernacle, WITH THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT HE HAD DEDICATED...
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...
9-14 All the precious things David was master of, were dedicated things; they were designed for building the temple. The idols of gold David destroyed, 2 Samuel 5:21, but the vessels of gold he dedic...
2 Samuel 8:11 King H4428 David H1732 dedicated H6942 (H8689) LORD H3068 silver H3701 gold H2091 dedicated H6942 ...
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...
_And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus._ THE GARRISON OF THE GRACES “He that buildeth a ship doth not make his work of such a sort that it may avoid all waves and billows, that is impossible;...
_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. The...
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....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 8:3 ZOBAH and DAMASCUS were both in Syria. Zobah was in the northern part of the Lebanon Valley (see Joshua 1
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, E...
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 18:11; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 26:26; 1 Chronicles 29:2;...