2 Samuel 8:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.”
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“When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 8:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 8:3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- 1 Kings 11:23And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
- 1 Chronicles 18:5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
- Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Isaiah 7:8For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
- Isaiah 8:9Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
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