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2 Samuel 8

18 aligned verses; 18 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line , causing them to lie down on the earth , and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present .
David also defeated the Moabites , made them lie down on the ground , and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute .
And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River ` Euphrates ;'
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen , and twenty thousand footmen , and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers .
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 .
And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men ;
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty - two thousand men .
and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone;
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.
and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer , and bringeth them to Jerusalem ;
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem .
and from Betah , and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass .
And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze .
And Toi king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten all the force of Hadadezer,
When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him , (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars `with' Toi had Hadadezer been) , and in his hand have been vessels of silver , and vessels of gold , and vessels of brass ,
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze ,
also them did king David sanctify to Jehovah , with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued :
and King David dedicated these to the LORD , along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued
of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines , and of Amalek , and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.
from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites , and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob , king of Zobah.
And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand;
And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt .
and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons , and all Edom are servants to David ; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone .
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David . So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went .
And David reigneth over all Israel , and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people ,
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people :
and Joab son of Zeruiah `is' over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud `is' remembrancer,
Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
and Zadok son of Ahitub , and Ahimelech son of Abiathar , `are' priests , and Seraiah `is' scribe ,
Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests ; Seraiah was the scribe ;
and Benaiah son of Jehoiada `is over ' both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers .
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders .

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