2 Samuel 8:13

1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11; 2 Kings 14:7; 2 Samuel 7:9; Psalms 60:1

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Syrians - Read the Edomites, as in marginal references (compare Psalms 60:1-12 title), and as the context 2 Samuel 8:14 requires. For a f...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

gat him . made himself. smiting . his smiting. This is David's exploit. In 1 Chronicles 18:3 ; 1 Chronicles 18:12 it is Abishai's command, whil...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men . David gat him a name...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David gat him a name, &c.— To get a name, in the Eastern style, does not mean to be called by this or that particular name, but to be celebra...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. Returned from smiti...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When he returned from smiting of the Syrians. — Possibly, from the similarity in the original between Syria and Edom (see 2 Samuel 8:3 ; 2 Sa...
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 no...
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 Samu...
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 bet...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(13) And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. The high reputation o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David gat [him] a name ,.... Fame and reputation in the several nations of the world for valour and courage, for the many and signal victories t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David gat [him] a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men]. Ver. 13. And David...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Conquers Edom. B. C. 1042. 9 W...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Gat him a name, i.e. much increased his reputation. The Syrians , or Edomites , as they are said to be, 1 Chronicles 18:12 . It is likely thes...
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”...
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 tre...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus. The garrison of the graces “He that buildeth a ship doth not make his work of such a sort that it...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Prestige Recognized
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And David gat him a name, he gained renown, his fame spread far and wide, when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, being...

¹³ And David gat him a name when he returned from smitingd of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 8:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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