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2 Samuel 8:2-4
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2 Samuel 8:2-4
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 (A)And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites (B)became servants to David and (C)brought tribute.
3 David also defeated (D)Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of (E)Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates. 4 (F)And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David (G)hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.
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2 Samuel 8:2-4
New International Version
2 Samuel 8:2-4
New International Version
2 David also defeated the Moabites.(A) He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.(B)
3 Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer(C) son of Rehob, king of Zobah,(D) when he went to restore his monument at[a] the Euphrates(E) River. 4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers[b] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung(F) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 8:3 Or his control along
- 2 Samuel 8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers
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