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2 Samuel 8:1-5

2 Samuel 8:1 After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 8:2 Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute.

2 Samuel 8:3 David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates.

2 Samuel 8:4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred[a] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

2 Samuel 8:5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

Took: lakad {law-kad'}

1) to capture, take, seize
a) occupy
2) to choose (by lot)

Subdued: kana` {kaw-nah'}

1) to be humble, be humbled, be brought down, be low,
be under, be brought into subjection
2) to humiliate or vanquish

Prayer:

Lord, thank You that You keep me from being subdued.

I will praise You because You took my sin.


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