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2 Samuel 8:2 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 2
And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.2 Samuel 8:2 · King James Version
2 Samuel 8:2 in context
1And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
3David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- measuredmâdadproperly, to stretchH4058 →
- David'sDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- groundʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- smotenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- deathmûwthto dieH4191 →
- alivechâyâhto live, whether literally or figurativelyH2421 →
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God had given David rest from all his enemies that opposed him and made head against him; and he having made a good use of that rest, has now commission given him to make war upon them, and to act offensively for the avenging of Israel's quarrels and the recovery of their rights;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8