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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Samuel 8 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_samuel/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_samuel/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > 2 Samuel 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/7.htm" title="2 Samuel 7">◄</a> 2 Samuel 8 <a href="../2_samuel/9.htm" title="2 Samuel 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">David's Military Victories</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="1CH 18:1-17">1 Chronicles 18.1-17</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.1" class="v10_8_1">1</span>Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.8.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.2" class="v10_8_2">2</span>Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.3" class="v10_8_3">3</span>Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River. </span><span class="v10_8_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.4" class="v10_8_4">4</span>David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_5"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.5" class="v10_8_5">5</span>When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men. </span><span class="v10_8_6"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.6" class="v10_8_6">6</span>Then he set up military camps in<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.8.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> made David victorious everywhere. </span><span class="v10_8_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.7" class="v10_8_7">7</span>David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem. </span><span class="v10_8_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.8" class="v10_8_8">8</span>He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.9" class="v10_8_9">9</span>King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army. </span><span class="v10_8_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.10" class="v10_8_10">10</span>So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze. </span><span class="v10_8_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.11" class="v10_8_11">11</span>King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered— </span><span class="v10_8_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.12" class="v10_8_12">12</span>Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_13"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.13" class="v10_8_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.8.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. </span><span class="v10_8_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.14" class="v10_8_14">14</span>He set up military camps<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.8.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> made David victorious everywhere.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v10_8_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.15" class="v10_8_15">15</span>David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly. </span><span class="v10_8_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.16" class="v10_8_16">16</span>Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records; </span><span class="v10_8_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.17" class="v10_8_17">17</span>Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary; </span><span class="v10_8_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Sam.8.18" class="v10_8_18">18</span>Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of<a href="#fn" id="link_2Sam.8.18!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.1: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Probable text </char><char style="fq" closed="false">over the land; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.6: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">set up military camps in; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">placed military commanders over.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.14: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">set up military camps; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">placed military commanders.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.18: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some ancient translations </char><char style="fq" closed="false">was in charge of; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew does not have these words.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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