38 “I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.

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38 “I pursued my enemies and crushed them;
    I did not turn back till they were destroyed.

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37 (A)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

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37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors(A) through him who loved us.(B)

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Your hand will find all Your enemies;
Your right hand will find those who hate You.
You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger;
The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire shall devour them.

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Your hand will lay hold(A) on all your enemies;
    your right hand will seize your foes.
When you appear for battle,
    you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
    and his fire will consume them.(B)

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14 When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai, and entered the city. So Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went to (A)Jerusalem.

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14 When the Ammonites(A) realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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13 And David made himself a (A)name when he returned from killing (B)eighteen thousand [a]Syrians in (C)the Valley of Salt. 14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and (D)all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 LXX, Syr., Heb. mss. Edomites and 1 Chr. 18:12

13 And David became famous(A) after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in the Valley of Salt.(B)

14 He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites(C) became subject to David.(D) The Lord gave David victory(E) wherever he went.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:13 A few Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac (see also 1 Chron. 18:12); most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (that is, Arameans)

David’s Further Conquests(A)

After this it came to pass that David [a]attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took [b]Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

Then (B)he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s (C)servants, and (D)brought tribute.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:1 Lit. struck
  2. 2 Samuel 8:1 Lit. The Bridle of the Mother City

David’s Victories(A)

In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines(B) and subdued(C) them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.

David also defeated the Moabites.(D) 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.(E)

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18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in (A)the Valley of Rephaim. 19 So David (B)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”

And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

20 So David went to (C)Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place [a]Baal Perazim. 21 And they left their [b]images there, and David and his men (D)carried them away.

22 (E)Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 Therefore (F)David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 24 And it shall be, when you (G)hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then (H)the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 25 And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from (I)Geba[c] as far as (J)Gezer.

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Lit. Master of Breakthroughs
  2. 2 Samuel 5:21 idols
  3. 2 Samuel 5:25 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX Gibeon

18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;(A) 19 so David inquired(B) of the Lord, “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”

The Lord answered him, “Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.”

20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, “As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me.” So that place was called Baal Perazim.[a](C) 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.(D)

22 Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; 23 so David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, “Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. 24 As soon as you hear the sound(E) of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the Lord has gone out in front(F) of you to strike the Philistine army.” 25 So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines(G) all the way from Gibeon[b](H) to Gezer.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out.
  2. 2 Samuel 5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba