2 Samuel 8:2
David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground, and he measured them with a length of cord. He measured two lengths for those to be killed, and one cord length for those to be allowed to live. So he made them subject to him and required them to pay taxes.
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1Sometime after this, David attacked and subdued the Philistines, taking Metheg-ammah from the them.
Cross References
Judges 3:29Then they attacked the Moabites and killed around 10,000 of their best and strongest fighting men. Not a single one escaped.
1 Samuel 14:47After Saul had made his hold over Israel secure, he fought against all his enemies all around: Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Whatever direction he went he defeated them all.
2 Samuel 8:12Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalekites; as well as the plunder taken from Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
2 Kings 1:1After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel.
2 Kings 17:3Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came and attacked him, and Hoshea submitted to him and paid him tribute.
2 Chronicles 26:8The Meunites brought gifts as tribute to Uzziah. His reputation spread as far as the border of Egypt, for he became very powerful.
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 →