2 Samuel 8:2 - Easy To Read Version

² David also defeated the people of Moab. At that time he forced them to lie on the ground. Then he used a rope to separate them into rows. Two rows of men were killed, but the whole third row was allowed to live. In that way, the people of Moab became servants of David. They paid tribute [53] to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² He defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

Common English Bible

² David also defeated the Moabites and made them lie on the ground, measuring them with a rope. He measured two rope lengths for those who were to be killed and one rope length for those who were to be spared. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought him tribute.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a line, leveling them to the ground. Now he measured with two lines, one to kill, and one to keep alive. And Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the earth. And he measured with two lines, one to put to death, and one to save alive: and Moab was made to serve David under tribute.

2 Samuel 8:2 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:31

David also brought out the people of the city Rabbah and made them work with saws, iron picks, and axes. He also forced them to build things with bricks. David did the same thing to all of the Ammonite cities. Then David and all of his army went back to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:6

Then David put groups of soldiers in Damascus, Aram. The Arameans became David’s servants and brought tribute. [56] The Lord gave victory to David in every place he went.

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistine people. His kingdom went as far as the border of Egypt. These countries sent gifts to Solomon and they obeyed him all of his life. [19]

2 Kings 1:1

After Ahab died, Moab broke away from Israel’s rule.

2 Kings 17:3

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came to fight against Hoshea. {Shalmaneser defeated Hoshea} and Hoshea became his servant. So Hoshea paid tribute [198] to Shalmaneser.

1 Chronicles 18:2

Then David defeated the country of Moab. The Moabite people became David’s servants. They brought tribute {\cf2\super [197]} to David.

2 Chronicles 26:8

The Ammonites paid tribute {\cf2\super [296]} to Uzziah. Uzziah’s name became famous all the way to the border of Egypt. He was famous because he was very powerful.

Psalm 108:9

Moab will be a bowl for washing my feet.\par Edom will be a slave to carry my sandals.\par I \{will defeat\} the Philistines\par and shout about the victory.”\par

Psalm 18:45

Those foreigners will wilt with fear.\par They will come from their hiding places\par shaking with fear.\par

Psalm 60:8

Moab will be the bowl\par for washing my feet.\par Edom will be the slave\par who carries my sandals.\par I \{will defeat\} the Philistine people\par and shout about the victory!”\par

Isaiah 36:16

Don’t listen to those words from Hezekiah. Listen to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria says, “We should make an agreement. You people should come out of the city to me. Then every person will be free to go home. Every person will be free to eat grapes from his own vine. And every person will be free to eat the figs from his own fig tree. Every person will be free to drink water from his own well.

Numbers 24:17

“I see the Lord coming, but not now. I see him coming, but not soon. A star will come from the family of Jacob. [301] A new ruler will come from the people of Israel. That ruler will crush the heads of the Moabite people. That ruler will crush the heads of all the sons of Sheth. [302]

1 Samuel 10:27

But some troublemakers said, “How can this man save us?” They said bad things about Saul and refused to bring gifts to him. But Saul said nothing.

1 Samuel 14:47

Saul took full control of Israel. Saul fought all the enemies that lived around Israel. Saul fought Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the king of Zobah, and the Philistines. Saul defeated Israel’s enemies wherever he went.

1 Samuel 22:3

David left Adullam and went to Mizpah in Moab. David said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God is going to do to me.”

1 Samuel 22:4

So David left his parents with the king of Moab. David’s parents stayed with the king of Moab as long as David was at the fort.