2 Samuel 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. ”

2 Samuel 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seven hundred horsemen - It should be seven thousand, as in 1 Chronicles 18:4 .
2 Samuel 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seven hundred . = 1Ch 18:47. 1 Chronicles 18 . but Hebrew. =. and. = 700 are easily mistaken one for the other. See note on 1 Kings 4:26 . [f and. represent Hebrew characters]
2 Samuel 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David took from him a thousand chariots , and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses , but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. A t...
2 Samuel 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A thousand chariots— The word chariots, though not in the Hebrew, is rightly supplied from the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 18:4 . Instead of seven hundred horsemen, says Houbigant, I read als...
2 Samuel 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. N...
2 Samuel 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A thousand chariots. — The word chariots has evidently dropped out of the text here, but is rightly inserted, following the LXX. and 1 Chron.; 700 horsemen should also be changed to 7,000, in acc...
2 Samuel 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David took from him a thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen ,.... "Chariots" are not in the text here, it is only 1700 "horsemen"; but it is supplied from 1 Chronicles 18:4 ; where th...
2 Samuel 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David took from him a thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] an hundred chariots. V...
2 Samuel 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David took from him a thousand chariots The word chariot is not in the Hebrew, but is well supplied by our translators from 1 Chronicles 18:4 , in which book many things are explained which are br...
2 Samuel 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Chariots; which word is fitly supplied out of 1 Chronicles 18:4 , such substantives being oft understood in the Hebrew language, as Genesis 26:30 2 Samuel 21:16 . Seven hundred horsemen,...
2 Samuel 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - 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 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Victories over Various Nations
2 Samuel 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 10:26 ; Deuteronomy 17:16 ; Joshua 11:6 ; Joshua 11:9 ; Psalms 20:7 ; Psalms 33:16 ; Psalms 33:17
2 Samuel 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Seven hundred — Or, seven hundred companies of horsemen, that is, in all seven thousand; as it is 1 Chronicles 18:4 , there being ten in each company, and each ten having a ruler or captain. Hough...

2 Samuel 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes