When the Ammonites realised they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.
2 Samuel 8:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
When the Ammonites realised they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the River Euphrates.
God does not hold back his anger; Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath him!
Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the Lord raises his hand to strike, the helper will stumble and the one who is helped will fall; both will perish together.
The chief city of Aram is Damascus, the chief of Damascus is Rezin (within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people),