2nd Samuel Chapter 8

David’s victories

8:1 AND after this it so happened that Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here struck the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎
romanized: Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age.  – For more info click here, and subdued them: and Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎
romanized: Pəlīštīm; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age.  – For more info click here.

8:2 And he struck Moabמוֹאָב‎
Transliteration:mô’āḇ Pronunciation:mo-awb Moab = “of his father” Son of Lot and his oldest daughter click here also the land of Moab’s descendants, and measured them with a line, throwing them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’sדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here servants, and paid tribute.
8:3 Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here struck also Hadadezer (meaning Hadad is help), the son of Rehob (meaning broad place), king of Zobah (or Zoba), as he went to recover his border at the Euphrates riverבִּנְהַר
Transliteration: binhar – Meaning fruitfulness is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of West Asia. Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia (lit. ’the land between the rivers’). Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq, which empties into the Persian Gulf. For more info click here.
8:4 And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred cavalry, and twenty thousand infantry: and Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here reserved enough horses for one hundred chariots and disabled the rest.
8:5 And when the Syriansאֲרָם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here of Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Transliteration: dammeśeq Pronunciation: dam-meh’-sek Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver” an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem – For more info click here came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah (meaning station), Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here killed twenty two thousand men of the Syriansבַּאֲרָם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here.
8:6 Then Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here put garrisons in Syriansבַּאֲרַם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here of Damascusדַּמֶּשֶׂק
Transliteration: dammeśeq Pronunciation: dam-meh’-sek Damascus = “silent is the sackcloth weaver” an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem – For more info click here: and the Syriansאֲרָם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here became servants to Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here, and paid tribute. And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here preserved Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here wherever he went.
8:7 And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם‎
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here.
8:8 And from Betah (meaning security), and from Berothai (or Berothah), cities of Hadadezer, king Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here took a great quantity of bronze.

Toi sends presents to bless him

8:9 When Toi (or Tou) king of Hamath (meaning fortress) heard that Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here had killed all the army of Hadadezer,

8:10 Then Toi (meaning wander) sent Joram (meaning YAHWEH is exalted) his son to king Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and killed him: because Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze:
8:11 Which king Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here  also dedicated to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all the nationsהַגּוֹיִם‎
Transliteration: hagôyim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here that he conquered;
8:12 From Syriaמֵאֲרָם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here, and from Moabוּמִמּוֹאָב‎
Transliteration: ûmimmô’āḇ Moab = “of his father” Son of Lot and his oldest daughter click here also the land of Moab’s descendants, and of the children of Ammonעַמּוֹן‎
Transliteration: ʿammôn Pronunciation: am-mone’ Ammon = “tribal” From Ben-ammi son of Lot and his youngest daughter click here Referring to the Ammonites (or sons of Ammon) the people living in Transjordan, and from the Philistinesוּמִפְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎
Transliteration: pᵊlištî; Koine Greek (LXX): Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: Phulistieím) Philistine = “immigrants” were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age.  – For more info click here, and of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
8:13 And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here made him a name when he returned from striking the Syriansאֲרָם
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite:—Aram, Mesopotamia, Syria, Syrians For more info click here in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men].
8:14 And he put garrisons in Edomבֶּאֱדוֹם
Transliteration: be’ĕḏôm – Edom = “red”was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant also another name for Esau the brother of Jacob and Esua’s descendants; throughout all Edomאֱדוֹם
Edom = “red” Transliteration: ‘ĕḏōm – was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant also another name for Esau the brother of Jacob and Esua’s descendants put he garrisons, and all those of Edomאֱדוֹם
Edom = “red” Transliteration: ‘ĕḏōm – was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant also another name for Esau the brother of Jacob and Esua’s descendants became David’sדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here servants. And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here preserved Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here wherever he went.

David gets a name among nations

8:15 And Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here reigned over all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here; and Davidדָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here executed judgementמִשְׁפָּט‎
Transliteration: mišpāṭ – properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant’s) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant’s right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence. For more info click here and righteousnessוּצְדָקָה‎
Transliteration: ûṣḏāqâ righteousness (128x), justice (15x), right (9x), righteous acts (3x), moderately (1x), righteously (1x). For more info click here to all his people.
8:16 And Joabוְיוֹאָב‎
Transliteration: vᵊyô’āḇ, the son of Zeruiah, was the nephew of King David and the commander of his army – meaning ‘YHVH [is] father – For more info click here the son of Zeruiah (meaning balsam) was over the army; and Jehoshaphatוִיהוֹשָׁפָט‎
Transliteration: vîhôšāp̄āṭ – alternatively spelled Jehosaphat, Josaphat, or Yehoshafat; Modern: Yəhōšafat, Tiberian: Yŏhōšāp̄āṭ, “Yahweh has judged”;[1] Greek: Ἰωσαφάτ, romanized: Iosafát; Latin: Josaphat), according to 1 Kings 22:41, was the son of Asa, and the fourth king of the Kingdom of Judah and also son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon – For more info click here the son of Ahilud (meaning child’s brother) was secretary;
8:17 And Zadok (meaning righteous) the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar (meaning my father is great), were the priestsכֹּהֲנִים
kôhêneem, ko-hane’ Kohenim = priests, Plural principal officers or chief rulers For more info click here; and Seraiah was the scribe (or secretary);
8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites (meaning executioners) and the Pelethites (meaning couriers); and David’s דָּוִד ‎
/ˈdeɪvɪd/; romanized: Dāwīḏ, “beloved one”) Historians of the Ancient Near East agree that David probably lived around 1000 BCE. For more info click here sons were priestsכֹּהֲנִים
kôhêneem, ko-hane’ Kohenim = priests, Plural principal officers or chief rulers For more info click here.