2 Samuel 8:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. ”

2 Samuel 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Syrians of Damascus - The Syrians (Aram), whose capital was Damascus, were the best known and most powerful. Damascus (written Darmesek in marginal references, according to the late Aramean ortho...
2 Samuel 8:5 - 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 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

men . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
2 Samuel 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Syrians of Damascus. — So called from their capital, this being the most powerful branch of the Syrian race. Two and twenty thousand men. — Josephus ( Ant. vii. 5, § 2) quotes from the historia...
2 Samuel 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (6) Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians...
2 Samuel 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah ,.... These seem to have had no king at this time, or, if they had, Hadadezer was their king, which is not improbable; and Ni...
2 Samuel 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. Ver. 5. And when the Syrians of Damascus came. ] Either by the comm...
2 Samuel 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Syrians of Damascus That is, that were subject to Damascus, the chief city of Syria. Put garrisons in Syria of Damascus Hebrew, in Aram Damasek. This was that part of Syria which lay betwee...
2 Samuel 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The Syrians of Damascus, i. e. who were subject to Damascus, the chief city of Syria.
2 Samuel 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - 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 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Victories over Various Nations
2 Samuel 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:5 ; 1 Chronicles 18:6 ; 1 Kings 11:23-25 ; Isaiah 31:3 ; Isaiah 7:8 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Job 9:13 ; Psalms 83:4-8
2 Samuel 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of Damascus — That is, who were subject to Damascus, the chief city of Syria.

2 Samuel 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 8:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes