2 Samuel 8:11 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 8:11

and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

BSB

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ASV

these also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;

KJV

Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Which also King David did dedicate unto the Lord,.... He devoted it to sacred uses, particularly to the building of the house of the Lord, as he also had the gold and the brass he took from Hadadezer: together with the silver and the gold he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; who are after particularly mentioned; he did not convert the spoils he took to his own use, but observed the law God gave to the kings of Israel, that they should not greatly multiply to themselves silver and gold, Deu 17:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This crowned all his victories, and made them far to out-shine Alexander's or Caesar's, that they sought their own glory, but he aimed at the glory of God.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

This is the first instance of a practice uniformly followed by David of reserving, after defraying expenses and bestowing suitable rewards upon his soldiers, the remainder of the spoil taken in war, to accumulate for the grand project of his life--the erection of a national temple at Jerusalem.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אֹתָ֕ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
הִקְדִּ֛ישׁ	hik.Dish	he consecrated	H6942 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לַֽיהוָ֑ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
הַכֶּ֤סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	the silver	H3701 →
וְהַזָּהָב֙	ve.ha.za.Hav	and the gold	H2091 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
הִקְדִּ֔ישׁ	hik.Dish	he had consecrated	H6942 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
הַגּוֹיִ֖ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
כִּבֵּֽשׁ׃	ki.Besh	he had subdued	H3533 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 7:51
So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 5:1
  So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Micah 4:13
Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD,…
leads to
- Isaiah 41:15–16
  Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff.
- Daniel 2:44
  In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Isaiah 18:7
  At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by…
- Isaiah 23:18
  Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food…
- Revelation 2:26–27
  And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Through
1 Chronicles 29:2
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for…
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:3–5
  David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
  Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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David Mourns the Death of Absalom — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.

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06About 2 Samuel

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The walk

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About 2 Samuel