2 Samuel 8:6
in 2 Samuel 8Then 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThen David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus,.... Which was Coele-Syria, and lay between Libanus and Antilibanus, the chief city of which was Damascus; which Curtius (q) calls Damascus of Syria, being the head of it, Isa 7:8; in the principal places of which he put garrisons of soldiers to keep the country in subjection to him; or he put commanders or governors, as the Targum, in the, chief cities, and so Ben Gersom and R.
This site's exposition
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah
on 2 Samuel 8:3-6
Zobah was the leading Aramean power, and David's campaign reaches the Euphrates, the border named to Abraham at Genesis 15:18. He hamstrings the chariot horses, all but a hundred, in keeping with the king's law against many horses at Deuteronomy 17:16. Damascus falls when it comes to Hadadezer's aid.
This site's exposition
he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus
The word for garrisons means officers at 1 Kings 4:5, and Albert Barnes notes that some read it so here. He keeps the military sense of 1 Samuel 13:3. Matthew Henry gathers that David led these wars in person.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Associate yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces, Isa. viii. David was protected: The Lord preserved him whithersoever he went. It seems, he went in person, and, in the cause of God and Israel, jeoparded his own life in the high places of the field; but God covered his head in the day of battle, which he often speaks of, in his psalms, to the glory of God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Garrisons - The word is used for officers in 1Ki 4:5, 1Ki 4:19, and some think that that is its meaning here. Perhaps, however, it is best to take it with the King James Version in the same sense as in 1Sa 10:5; 1Sa 13:3. Brought gifts - Rather, “tribute” (and in 2Sa 8:2); meaning they became subject and tributary.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֨שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and he put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| דָּוִ֤ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| נְצִבִים֙ | netzivim | garrisons | H5333 → | 11 times |
| בַּאֲרַ֣ם | baaram | in Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק | damesek | Damascus | H1834 → | |
| וַתְּהִ֤י | vatehi | and it became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֲרָם֙ | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| לְדָוִ֔ד | ledavid | of David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לַעֲבָדִ֖ים | laavadim | <into> servants | H5650 → | 799 times |
| נוֹשְׂאֵ֣י | nosei | bearing | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מִנְחָ֑ה | minchah | <of> tribute | H4503 → | |
| וַיֹּ֤שַׁע | vaiyosha' | and he gave victory to | H3467 → | 206 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלָֽךְ׃ | halakh | he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַיָּ֨שֶׂםand he put
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
דָּוִ֤דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
נְצִבִים֙garrisons
netzivimH5333 →11 times
בַּאֲרַ֣םin Aram
baaramH758 →143 times
דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂקDamascus
damesekH1834 →
וַתְּהִ֤יand it became
vatehiH1961 →3559 times
אֲרָם֙Aram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
לְדָוִ֔דof David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
לַעֲבָדִ֖ים<into> servants
laavadimH5650 →799 times
נוֹשְׂאֵ֣יbearing
noseiH5375 →656 times
מִנְחָ֑ה<of> tribute
minchahH4503 →
וַיֹּ֤שַׁעand he gave victory to
vaiyosha'H3467 →206 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
בְּכֹ֖לin every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָלָֽךְ׃he went
halakhH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 5:10
And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
- 1 Chronicles 17:8
I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- 1 Samuel 18:14
and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
- Psalms 18:37–42
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
- 2 Samuel 22:34–38
He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.
- 2 Samuel 5:10
Through
2 Chronicles 17:2He stationed troops in every fortified city of Judah and put garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 15:8
When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the…
- 2 Chronicles 15:8
Through
2 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
it leads to
- Genesis 27:29
May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you…
- Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the…
- Genesis 27:29
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.