2 Samuel 8:5 - Tree of Life Version

When the Arameans of Damascus came to the aid of King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 Aramean men.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,000 of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

Common English Bible

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah’s King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Adarezer the king of Soba: and David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

2 Samuel 8:5 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:6

Now when the children of Ammon saw that they had become a stench to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-Rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, plus 12,000 men from Tob.

2 Samuel 8:3

David also defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah, as he went to restore his dominion along the River.

Job 9:13

“God does not restrain His anger; under Him the helpers of Rahab cower.

Isaiah 31:3

Now Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh, not spirit. When Adonai stretches out His hand, both he who helps will stumble and he who is helped will fall, and both will perish together.

Isaiah 7:8

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within 65 years Ephraim will be broken and not be a people.