2 Samuel 8:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ David put garrisons in Syrian Damascus, and the Syrians became [his] servants and brought tribute. The Lord preserved and gave victory to David wherever he went.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

Common English Bible

⁶ David set up forts among the Arameans of Damascus. And the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought him tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And David positioned a garrison in Syria of Damascus. And Syria served David under tribute. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and Syria served David under tribute. And the Lord preserved David in all his enterprises, whithersoever he went.

2 Samuel 8:6 Cross References

2 Samuel 10:19

When all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites any more.

2 Samuel 23:14

David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.

2 Samuel 3:18

Now then bring it about, for the Lord has promised David: Through my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from all their enemies.”

2 Samuel 5:10

And David became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts was with him.

2 Samuel 7:9

and I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make for you a great name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

2 Samuel 8:14

He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death and one length for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

2 Samuel 8:7

David took the gold shields that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon was sovereign over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.]]

2 Kings 1:1

After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2 Kings 14:28

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

2 Kings 18:7

The Lord was with him; wherever he went, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him.

2 Kings 3:4

Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder who used to deliver to the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.

1 Chronicles 18:13

He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.

2 Chronicles 17:2

He placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had taken.

Psalm 140:7

O Lord, my Lord, my strong deliverer, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

Psalm 60:10

Have you not rejected us, O God? You do not go out, O God, with our armies.

Proverbs 21:31

The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.

1 Samuel 13:3

Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”

1 Samuel 14:1

One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 14:15

There was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked; and it became a very great panic.

1 Samuel 14:6

Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”