2 Samuel 8:2 - New International Version (Anglicised)

² David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 12:31

and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labour with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. David did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then he and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:6

He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

1 Kings 4:21

And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.

2 Kings 1:1

After Ahab’s death, Moab rebelled against Israel.

2 Kings 17:3

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.

1 Chronicles 18:2

David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to him and brought him tribute.

2 Chronicles 26:8

The Ammonites brought tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful.

Psalm 108:9

Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.’

Psalm 18:45

They all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

Psalm 60:10

Is it not you, God, you who have now rejected us and no longer go out with our armies?

Psalm 60:8

Moab is my washbasin, on Edom I toss my sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.’

Psalm 83:6

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,

Isaiah 36:16

‘Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig-tree and drink water from your own cistern,

Numbers 24:17

‘I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a sceptre will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth.

1 Samuel 10:27

But some scoundrels said, ‘How can this fellow save us?’ They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

1 Samuel 14:47

After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.

1 Samuel 22:3

From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, ‘Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?’

1 Samuel 22:4

So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold.