2 Samuel 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ David smote also Hadadezer,b the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. ”

2 Samuel 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hadadezer - Not (see the margin) Hadarezer. Hadadezer, is the true form, as seen in the names Benhadad, Hadad ( 1 Kings 15:18 , etc.; 1 Kings 11:14 , etc.). Hadad was the chief idol, or sun-god,...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8. David's Victories. His Ministers (D) . A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by the same hand. Apparently it formed the conclusion...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hadadezer . Some codices, with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Hadadezer" (compare 1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Chronicles 18:5 ). Some divide and make it two words....
2 Samuel 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. David smote - Hadadezer - He is supposed to have been king of all Syria, except P...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To recover his border at the river— The Hebrew ידו להשׁיב lehashib yado, may be literally rendered, as he went to turn back his hand, &c. David smote Hadadezer, when he, David, went to t...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. Zobah - (cf. 1 Chronicles 18:3 .) This kingdom was bounded on the east b...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's Victories, and a List of his Officers This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a different source.
2 Samuel 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hadadezer... king of Zobah. — This name is sometimes ( 1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Chronicles 18:5 ; 1 Chronicles 18:7 , &c.) spelt “Hadarezer,” the letters d and r being much alike in Hebrew a...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER X. FOREIGN WARS. 2 Samuel 8:1-14 . THE transitions of the Bible, like those of actual life, are often singularly abrupt; that which now hurries us from the scene of elevated communion...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victorious on Every Side 2 Samuel 8:1-18 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samuel 8:6 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 . Indeed, he was more than...
2 Samuel 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation between this account of them and what had preceded....
2 Samuel 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. (4) And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen,...
2 Samuel 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David also smote Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah ,.... Called sometimes Aramzobah, and was a part of Syria, as its name shows. Benjamin, of Tudela h takes it to be the same with Haleb...
2 Samuel 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. Ver. 3. David smote also Hadadezer. ] An ambitious and turbulent prince, who b...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

King of Zobah Zobah was a part of Syria, whose eastern border was Euphrates, as the western was the land of Canaan, and the kingdom of Damascus. As he went to recover his border That is, as David...
2 Samuel 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after this" (v.1) that David defeated and subdued the Phi...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Conquests. B. C. 1042. 1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Ph...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hadadezer, called Hadarezer , 1 Chronicles 18:3 , the Hebrew letters daleth and reseh being alike, and so oft interchanged. Zobah; a part of Syria, lying north-east from Canaan, towards H...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1 . “Metheg-ammah.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “Metheg” is a “bridle,” and “ammah” is translated moth...
2 Samuel 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:2 . Two lines. The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of treating rebels by a total forfeiture of inheritance....
2 Samuel 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

David smote the Philistines and subdued them. The victorious king These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst which may be numbered, 2., 20., 21., 60., 110. I...
2 Samuel 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 8:1 David smote the Philistines. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era in the development of Israel nationally, but was...
2 Samuel 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Victories over Various Nations
2 Samuel 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Kings 11:23 ; 1 Kings 11:24 ; 1 Kings 4:21 ; 1 Samuel 14:47 ; 2 Samuel 10:6 ; Deuteronomy 11:24 ; Exodus 23:31 ; Genesis 15:18 ; Psalms 60:1 ; Psalms 72:8
2 Samuel 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As he went — David, remembering the grant which God had made to his people of all the land as far as Euphrates, and having subdued his neighbouring enemies, went to recover his rights, and stablish...

2 Samuel 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes