2 Samuel 8:2
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.
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 the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
- ASV
- And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to 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 servants to David, and brought tribute.
- DARBY
- And 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.
- BLB
- And he defeated Moab, and he measured them off with a line, forcing them down to the ground. And he measured off [with] two lines those to be put to death, and the fullness of the line those to be kept alive. And the Moabites became servants of David, lifting up tribute.
- ÅB
- Han slo også moabittene og målte dem med en snor - han lot dem legge seg ned på jorden og målte så to snorlengder med folk som skulle drepes, og en full snorlengde med folk som skulle få leve; og moabittene ble Davids tjenere og måtte svare ham skatt.
- OTB
- Og han beseiret Moab og målte dem med en snor, og lot dem legge seg ned på bakken; han målte to snorer for å bli drept, og en full snor for å bli holdt i live. Så moabittene ble tjenere for David og brakte skatt.
- B1930
- Han slo også moabittene og målte dem med en snor - han lot dem legge sig ned på jorden og målte så to snorlengder med folk som skulde drepes, og en full snorlengde med folk som skulde få leve; og moabittene blev Davids tjenere og måtte svare ham skatt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Read in contextPsalms 60:8
Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Read in context1 Samuel 10:27
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
Read in context2 Samuel 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
Read in contextJudges 3:29–30
And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
Read in context1 Chronicles 18:2
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
Read in context2 Samuel 12:31
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.
Read in context2 Kings 17:3
Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
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