2 Samuel 10:16-18
New King James Version
16 Then [a]Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond [b]the River, and they came to Helam. And [c]Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them. 17 When it was told David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle array against David and fought with him. 18 Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand (A)horsemen of the Syrians, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
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- 2 Samuel 10:16 Heb. Hadarezer
- 2 Samuel 10:16 The Euphrates
- 2 Samuel 10:16 Shophach, 1 Chr. 19:16
2 Samuel 10:16-18
English Standard Version
16 And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond (A)the Euphrates.[a] They came to Helam, with (B)Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to Helam. The Syrians arrayed themselves against David and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded (C)Shobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.
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- 2 Samuel 10:16 Hebrew the River
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