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2 Samuel 8:3–8

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¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
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.
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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.
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
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From verse 3

  1. 1 Samuel 14:47Rank 1 from verse 3
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    47¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and 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 vexed them.

  2. 2 Samuel 10:16Rank 2 from verse 3
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    16And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

  3. 2 Samuel 10:19Rank 3 from verse 3
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    19And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

  4. 1 Chronicles 18:3Rank 4 from verse 3
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    3¶ And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

  5. 2 Samuel 10:6Rank 5 from verse 3
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    6¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.

From verse 4

  1. Joshua 11:6Rank 1 from verse 4
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    6¶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

  2. Joshua 11:9Rank 2 from verse 4
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    9And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

  3. 1 Chronicles 18:4Rank 3 from verse 4
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    4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

  4. 1 Kings 10:26Rank 4 from verse 4
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    26¶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.

  5. Deuteronomy 17:16Rank 5 from verse 4
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    16But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

From verse 5

  1. 1 Kings 11:23–25Rank 1 from verse 5
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    23¶ And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

    24And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

    25And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

  2. 1 Chronicles 18:5–6Rank 2 from verse 5
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    5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

    6Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

  3. 2 Samuel 8:3Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

  4. Isaiah 31:3Rank 4 from verse 5
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    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

  5. Isaiah 7:8Rank 5 from verse 5
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    8For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.

From verse 6

  1. 2 Samuel 8:14Rank 1 from verse 6
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    14¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

  2. 2 Chronicles 17:2Rank 2 from verse 6
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    2And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.

  3. 2 Samuel 7:9Rank 3 from verse 6
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    9And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  4. Psalms 140:7Rank 4 from verse 6
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    7O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

  5. Psalms 144:1–2Rank 5 from verse 6
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    1BLESSED be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:

    2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.

From verse 7

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:7Rank 1 from verse 7
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    7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

  2. 1 Kings 10:16–17Rank 2 from verse 7
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    16¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.

    17And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

  3. 1 Kings 14:26–27Rank 3 from verse 7
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    26And he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

    27And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king’s house.

  4. 2 Chronicles 9:15–16Rank 4 from verse 7
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    15¶ And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.

    16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

From verse 8

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:8Rank 1 from verse 8
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    8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14Rank 2 from verse 8
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    14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

  3. 1 Chronicles 22:16Rank 3 from verse 8
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    16Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.

  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7Rank 4 from verse 8
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    7And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

  5. 2 Chronicles 4:1–18Rank 5 from verse 8
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    1MOREOVER he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

    2¶ Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

    3And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

    4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

    5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

    6¶ He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

    7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

    8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.

    9¶ Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

    10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

    11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

    12To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

    13And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

    14He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

    15One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

    16The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the Lord of bright brass.

    17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

    18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

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2 Samuel 8:3

COMBINED MEANING

smote

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1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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COMBINED MEANING

recover

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To regain, restore, return to a former condition, or become well.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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2 Samuel 8:4

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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houghed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hough, meaning to disable a horse by cutting the sinews or part at the back of its leg.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reserved

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Kept, held back, or preserved for a later person, purpose, event, or time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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2 Samuel 8:5

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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twenty

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The number equal to two tens, following nineteen and preceding twenty-one.

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2 Samuel 8:6

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put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

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garrisons

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Bodies of troops stationed to guard places, or the fortified posts occupied by them.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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gifts

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Sense 1: Things given or bestowed; presents. Sense 2: Endowments or abilities. Sense 3: Bribes.

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preserved

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of preserve, meaning to keep safe from harm, loss, decay, or destruction; to protect, maintain, or save.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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2 Samuel 8:7

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on

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1. At, upon, or in contact with the named place, object, side, or time. 2. Toward, against, concerning, depending upon, or directed to the named person or thing. 3. Forward or continuing; in joined expressions such as go on, put on, and lay hold on, the other words supply the particular action.

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2 Samuel 8:8

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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exceeding

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Very great, abundant, intense, extensive, or beyond ordinary measure or degree; exceedingly.

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2And 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.

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4And 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.

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5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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6Then 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.

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7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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8And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

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9¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

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