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Chapter 8

Summary of David’s Wars. (A)After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took…[a] from the Philistines.

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Footnotes

  1. 8:1 David took…: the original Hebrew seems irretrievable. The transmitted text gives “the bridle of the cubit”; 1 Chr 18:1 understood “Gath and its towns”; others implausibly read “dominion of the capital 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.

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