2 Samuel 8:3
What does 2 Samuel 8:3 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 8:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
KJV
King James Version · 1611David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River <FI>Euphrates;<Fi>
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752David defeated also Adarezer the son of Rohob king of Soba, when he went to extend his dominion over the river Euphrates.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And David smote Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion by the river Euphrates.
Context
v.2And 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.
v.3This passage
v.4And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
- Genesis 15:18
In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
- 1 Kings 4:21
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- Psalms 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
- 2 Samuel 10:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
- 1 Samuel 14:47
Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.
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