2 Samuel 8:12

Contextual Overview

⁹ And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, ⁹ When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer, ⁹ And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, ⁹ Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer. ⁹ When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, ⁹ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, ⁹ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the host of Hadadezer, ⁹When Toi king of Hamath heard about David's defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer, ⁹ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, ⁹ Forsothe Thou, kyng of Emath, herde that Dauid hadde smyte al the strengthe of Adadezer.

Bible Verse Review
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Syria: 2 Samuel 10:11, 2 Samuel 10:14, 2 Samuel 12:26-31, 1 Chronicles 18:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:14 - for I will Numbers 31:28 - levy 2 Samuel 8:2 - And so 2 Samuel 10:6 - Syrians of Bethrehob 1 Chronicles 4:43 - the rest 1 Chronicles 20:2 - and he brought Psalms 60:1 - when he strove

Cross-References

Genesis 8:2
The fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained,

Genesis 8:2
the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Genesis 8:2
The underground springs stopped flowing, and the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain.

Genesis 8:2
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.

Genesis 8:2
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;

Genesis 8:2
The deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Genesis 8:2
Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,

Genesis 8:2
And watris weren decreessid, and the wellis of the see weren closid, and the wyndowis of heuene weren closid, and reynes of heuene weren ceessid.

Genesis 8:2
and closed are the fountains of the deep and the net-work of the heavens, and restrained is the shower from the heavens.

Genesis 8:2
The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Of Syria,.... Of Syria of Damascus, as distinct from Syriazobah, Hadadezer was king of, after mentioned; this is omitted in

1 Chronicles 18:11;

and of Moab: who brought him gifts and presents, and were tributaries to him, 2 Samuel 8:2;

and of the children of Ammon; who very probably joined the Moabites, and were conquered and spoiled at the same time:

and of the Philistines; when Methegammah was taken from them, 2 Samuel 8:1;

and of Amalek; for though we have no account of any war of his with that people, since he was king, yet he doubtless had, and had been victorious and spoiled them; see Psalms 83:7;

and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah; see 2 Samuel 8:3. These conquests of David, are confirmed by the testimony of Eupolemus, an Heathen writer, who says that he overcame the Syrians by Euphrates, and the Assyrians in Galadene (or Gilead), and the Phoenicians; that he fought against the Idumeans (or Edomites), the Ammonites, Moabites, Ituraeans, Nabathaeans, and Nabdaeans; also against Syron king of Tyre and Phoenicia; all of whom he obliged to pay tribute to the Jews a.

a Apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 30. p. 447.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Syria - Rather, as in 1 Chronicles 18:11, Edom, which is manifestly the right reading, both because Edom, Moab, and Ammon are so frequently joined together, and because David’s Syrian spoil is expressly mentioned at the end of the verse. (The Hebrew letters for Aram (Syria) and Edom are very similar.)