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2 Samuel 8:6 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.2 Samuel 8:6 · King James Version
2 Samuel 8:6 in context
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.
5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- garrisonsnᵉtsîybsomething stationaryH5333 →
- preservedyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or freeH3467 →
- DamascusDammeseqDamascus, a city of SyriaH1834 →
- servantsʻebeda servantH5650 →
- broughtnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
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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