Thematic Bible
2 Samuel 8:1 (show verse)
King David attacked the Philistines again. He defeated them and ended their control over Methegammah.
2 Samuel 8:2 (show verse)
He defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
2 Samuel 8:3 (show verse)
David defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob. Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.
2 Samuel 8:4 (show verse)
David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled (hamstrung) all the rest.
2 Samuel 8:5 (show verse)
The Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer. David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.
2 Samuel 8:6 (show verse)
Then he set up military camps in their territory. They became his subjects and paid taxes to him. Jehovah made David victorious everywhere.
2 Samuel 8:7 (show verse)
David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 8:8 (show verse)
King David also took a large quantity of copper from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer's cities.
2 Samuel 8:9 (show verse)
Soon King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army.
2 Samuel 8:10 (show verse)
He sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Toi. Joram brought articles of gold, silver, and copper with him.
2 Samuel 8:11 (show verse)
King David dedicated these articles to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold he dedicated from all the nations he conquered.
2 Samuel 8:12 (show verse)
These nation included: Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the goods taken from Zobah's King Hadadezer, son of Rehob.
2 Samuel 8:13 (show verse)
David made a name for himself by killing eighteen thousand Edomites in the Dead Sea region as he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 8:14 (show verse)
He put troops everywhere in Edom. All the Edomites were David's subjects. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.
2 Samuel 8:15 (show verse)
So David ruled all Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.
2 Samuel 8:16 (show verse)
Joab the son of Zeruiah was the commander in chief of the army. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud kept the government records.
2 Samuel 8:17 (show verse)
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abiathar the son of Ahimelech, were the priests. Seraiah was the secretary.
2 Samuel 8:18 (show verse)
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard. David's sons were priests.