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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_samuel/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_samuel/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_samuel/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_samuel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_samuel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And when the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_samuel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans (Syrians) of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_samuel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_samuel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Aramean men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_samuel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_samuel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When troops from the Aramean kingdom of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_samuel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_samuel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_samuel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_samuel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When Arameans came from Damascus to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_samuel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_samuel/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_samuel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_samuel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_samuel/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_samuel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Aram of Damascus comes to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David strikes twenty-two thousand men of Aram;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_samuel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_samuel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Aram of Damascus will come to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, and David will strike of Aram twenty and two thousand men.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_samuel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Adarezer the king of Soba: and David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_samuel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Syrians of Damascus arrived, so that they might bring reinforcements to Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. And David struck down twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, but David also defeated twenty-two thousand of them in Aram.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_samuel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And when the Edomites and the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Edomites twenty-two thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_samuel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Adum and Darmsuq came to help Hedarezar the King of Tsuba, and David struck twenty and two thousand at Adum .”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_samuel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_samuel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Syria of Damascus comes to help Adraazar king of Suba, and David smote twenty-two thousand men belonging to the Syrian.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_samuel/8-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_0ajZHUzMKw?start=2043" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_samuel/8.htm">David's Triumphs</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ’ă·ram (N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">When the Arameans</a> <a href="/hebrew/1834.htm" title="1834: dam·me·śeq (N-proper-fs) -- A city in Aram (Syria). Or Duwmeseq; or Darmeseq; of foreign origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.">of Damascus</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wat·tā·ḇō (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/5826.htm" title="5826: la‘·zōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To help, succor. A primitive root; to surround, i.e. Protect or aid.">to help</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">King</a> <a href="/hebrew/1909.htm" title="1909: la·hă·ḏaḏ·‘e·zer (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Hadad is help(er), an Aramean (Syrian) king. From Hadad and ezer; Hadad help; Hadadezer, a Syrian king.">Hadadezer</a> <a href="/hebrew/6678.htm" title="6678: ṣō·w·ḇāh (N-proper-fs) -- Or Tsowbah; or Tsobah; from an unused root meaning to station; a station; Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria.">of Zobah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: dā·wiḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">David</a> <a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: ba·’ă·rām (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yaḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">struck down</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm- (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">twenty-two</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: ū·šə·na·yim (Conj-w:: Number-md) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold."></a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’e·lep̄ (Number-ms) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">thousand</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/18-5.htm">1 Chronicles 18:5-6</a></span><br />When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men. / Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">2 Samuel 10:18</a></span><br />But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm">1 Kings 11:23-25</a></span><br />And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah, / and had gathered men to himself. When David killed the Zobaites, Rezon captained a band of raiders and went to Damascus, where they settled and gained control. / Rezon was Israel’s enemy throughout the days of Solomon, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled over Aram with hostility toward Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a></span><br />For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-1.htm">Isaiah 17:1-3</a></span><br />This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins. / The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. / The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-1.htm">Psalm 60:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-8</a></span><br />saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.” / For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You— / the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Amos 1:3-5</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron. / So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad. / I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-23.htm">Jeremiah 49:23-27</a></span><br />Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed. / Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor. / How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-15.htm">Ezekiel 25:15-17</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast. / I will execute great vengeance against them with furious reproof. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-24.htm">Matthew 4:24</a></span><br />News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-2.htm">Acts 9:2</a></span><br />and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/15-41.htm">Acts 15:41</a></span><br />And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-19.htm">Romans 15:19</a></span><br />by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-32.htm">2 Corinthians 11:32-33</a></span><br />In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. / But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.</p><p class="hdg">And when</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/11-23.htm">1 Kings 11:23-25</a></b></br> And God stirred him up <i>another</i> adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/18-5.htm">1 Chronicles 18:5,6</a></b></br> And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/7-8.htm">Isaiah 7:8</a></b></br> For the head of Syria <i>is</i> Damascus, and the head of Damascus <i>is</i> Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.</p><p class="hdg">came</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-13.htm">Job 9:13</a></b></br> <i>If</i> God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4-8</a></b></br> They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from <i>being</i> a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Isaiah 8:9,10</a></b></br> Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces… </p><p class="hdg">Zobah From</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/8-3.htm">2 Chronicles 8:3</a></b></br> And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/judges/18-28.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-34.htm">Aramaeans</a> <a href="/amos/9-7.htm">Arameans</a> <a href="/genesis/15-2.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Hadadezer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Hadade'zer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-12.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-12.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Succor</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-18.htm">Succour</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/amos/9-7.htm">Syrians</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/judges/20-21.htm">Twenty-Two</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">Zobah</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Aram</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Aramaeans</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Arameans</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Damascus</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">David</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-7.htm">Hadadezer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-7.htm">Hadade'zer</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-11.htm">Help</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Killed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-13.htm">Slew</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-15.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-9.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-3.htm">Succor</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-3.htm">Succour</a> <a href="/2_samuel/10-18.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm">Syrians</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-13.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/2_samuel/9-10.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">Twenty-Two</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-12.htm">Zobah</a><div class="vheading2">2 Samuel 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-1.htm">David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-3.htm">He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-9.htm">Toi sends Joram with presents to bless him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-11.htm">David dedicates the presents and the spoil to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">He puts garrisons in Edom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_samuel/8-16.htm">David's officers</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Damascus, their capital, was a significant city in the ancient Near East. The Arameans were often in conflict with Israel, as seen in various biblical accounts. King Hadadezer of Zobah was a powerful ruler in the region of Aram, north of Israel. Zobah was a kingdom located in the vicinity of modern-day Lebanon and Syria. The alliance between the Arameans and Hadadezer indicates the threat David posed to the surrounding nations as he expanded Israel's territory. This coalition reflects the common practice of forming alliances to counterbalance the power of a rising kingdom.<p><b>David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men</b><br>David's military success is a recurring theme in his reign, demonstrating God's favor and the fulfillment of His promises to Israel. The defeat of such a large number of Aramean soldiers underscores David's strategic prowess and the strength of his army. This victory not only secured Israel's borders but also established David's dominance over the region. The number twenty-two thousand signifies a complete and overwhelming victory, emphasizing the divine support behind David's campaigns. This event foreshadows the peace and prosperity that would characterize Solomon's reign, as David subdued Israel's enemies, paving the way for a period of stability.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The King of Israel, anointed by God, known for his military prowess and his heart for God. In this passage, he is leading Israel to victory over its enemies.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/arameans_of_damascus.htm">Arameans of Damascus</a></b><br>A group of people from the region of Damascus, who came to aid King Hadadezer in battle against Israel. They were known for their strength and influence in the region.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_hadadezer_of_zobah.htm">King Hadadezer of Zobah</a></b><br>A king who opposed Israel and sought to expand his territory. His alliance with the Arameans was an attempt to strengthen his position against David.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/z/zobah.htm">Zobah</a></b><br>A region in Syria, north of Israel, often in conflict with Israel during David's reign.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/battle.htm">Battle</a></b><br>The event where David's forces defeated the Arameans, showcasing God's favor and the fulfillment of His promises to Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_battle.htm">God's Sovereignty in Battle</a></b><br>David's victory over the Arameans demonstrates God's control over nations and His ability to deliver His people from their enemies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god's_promises.htm">Faithfulness to God's Promises</a></b><br>The defeat of the Arameans is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Israel, reminding us to trust in His word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_leadership.htm">The Importance of Righteous Leadership</a></b><br>David's leadership, grounded in his relationship with God, serves as a model for how leaders should seek divine guidance and act with integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_opposing_god's_people.htm">The Consequences of Opposing God's People</a></b><br>The Arameans' defeat serves as a warning against opposing God's plans and His people, encouraging us to align ourselves with God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as David faced physical battles, believers today face spiritual battles. We are called to rely on God's strength and armor to overcome challenges.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_samuel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Samuel 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_large_was_king_david's_kingdom.htm">What was the extent of King David's kingdom?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_little_evidence_for_psalm_60_wars.htm">The title of Psalm 60 references conflicts with Aram Naharaim and Aram Zobah; why is there minimal archaeological evidence to substantiate these campaigns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_psalm_18's_military_events.htm">Is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting the dramatic military victories and deliverances described in Psalm 18? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/david's_horsemen_capture__1,700_or_7,000.htm">When David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture? One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_samuel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Syrians of Damascus.</span>--So called from their capital, this being the most powerful branch of the Syrian race.<p><span class= "bld">Two and twenty thousand men.</span>--Josephus (<span class= "ital">Ant. vii.</span> 5, ? 2) quotes from the historian Nicolaus a mention of the defeat of Hadad at this place by David.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_samuel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Syrians of Damascus;</span> Hebrew, <span class="accented">Aram-Dammesek</span>; that is, Aram-Damascus. The inhabitants of these regions and of Mesopotamia were descended from Aram, the son of Shem (<a href="/genesis/10-22.htm">Genesis 10:22</a>), and bore his name. Thus Zobah is called Aram-Zobah in the title of <a href="/psalms/60.htm">Psalm 60</a>. As members of a kindred race, and speaking the same language, all the clans of the Aramean family would naturally combine to check the growing power of Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_samuel/8-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When the Arameans</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲרַ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ram)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aram -- Syria</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Damascus</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק</span> <span class="translit">(dam·me·śeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1834.htm">Strong's 1834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Damascus -- a city in Aram (Syria)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתָּבֹא֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to help</span><br /><span class="heb">לַעְזֹ֕ר</span> <span class="translit">(la‘·zōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5826.htm">Strong's 5826: </a> </span><span class="str2">To surround, protect, aid</span><br /><br /><span class="word">King</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶ֣לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hadadezer</span><br /><span class="heb">לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר</span> <span class="translit">(la·hă·ḏaḏ·‘e·zer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1909.htm">Strong's 1909: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hadadezer -- 'Hadad is help(er)', an Aramean (Syrian) king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Zobah,</span><br /><span class="heb">צוֹבָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṣō·w·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6678.htm">Strong's 6678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zobah -- an Aramean (Syrian) kingdom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">David</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּוִד֙</span> <span class="translit">(dā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">struck down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yaḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twenty-two</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶשְׂרִֽים־</span> <span class="translit">(‘eś·rîm-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Twenty, twentieth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">thousand</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶ֖לֶף</span> <span class="translit">(’e·lep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men.</span><br /><span class="heb">אִֽישׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_samuel/8-5.htm">2 Samuel 8:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_samuel/8-5.htm">OT History: 2 Samuel 8:5 When the Syrians of Damascus came (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_samuel/8-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_samuel/8-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Samuel 8:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Samuel 8:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>