2 Samuel 8:1

And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took the power of the capital out of the hand of the Philistines.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And he smote the Moabites, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:24And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 5:25And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer.

2 Samuel 21:15And the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.

Psalms 60:2Thou hast made the earth to tremble, thou hast rent it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 8:1

David having sought first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, settling the ark as soon as he was himself well settled, we are here told how all other things were added to him. Here is an account, I. Of his conquests. He triumphed, 1. Over the Philistines, ver. 1 . 2. Over the Moabites, ver. 2 . 3. Over the king of Zobah, ver. 3, 4 . 4. Over the Syrians, ver. 5-8 , 13 . 5. Over the Edomites, ver. 14 . II. Of the presents that were brought him and the wealth he got from the nations he subdued, which he… Read the whole commentary →

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