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2 Samuel 8:5

DavidHadarezerDamascusZobah

3 David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

4 David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

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BSB
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
KJV
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
WEB
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
ASV
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
DARBY
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
BLB
And the Arameans of Damascus came to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David struck Aram—twenty-two thousand men.
ÅB
Syrerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadeser, kongen i Soba; men David slo to og tyve tusen mann av dem.
OTB
Da arameerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadeser, kongen av Soba, slo David ned tjueto tusen menn av arameerne.
B1930
Syrerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadeser, kongen i Soba; men David slo to og tyve tusen mann av dem.

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  • 1 Kings 11:23–25

    And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,

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  • Isaiah 31:3

    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.

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  • Isaiah 7:8

    For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.

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  • Job 9:13

    God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.

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  • Psalms 83:4–8

    saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 18:5–6

    When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

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  • Isaiah 8:9–10

    Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

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  • 2 Samuel 8:3

    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

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