2 Samuel 8:7

And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

In Context

6And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

8And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:26And took away all the stored wealth from the house of the Lord, and from the king's house, and all the gold body-covers which Solomon had made.

1 Chronicles 18:7And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 8:2-9

David's Conquests. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting 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's servants, and brought gifts. 3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at… Read the whole commentary →

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