2 Samuel 8:6

8:6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected ¹  David wherever he campaigned. ² 

2 Samuel 8:14

8:14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, ³  and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

2 Samuel 8:2

8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. ⁴  The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 18:7

18:7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. ⁶  The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

¹ tn Or “delivered.”

² tn Or “wherever he went.”

³ tc The MT is repetitious here: “He placed in Edom garrisons; in all Edom he placed garrisons.” The Vulgate lacks “in all Edom”; most of the Greek tradition (with the exception of the Lucianic recension and the recension of Origen) and the Syriac Peshitta lack “he placed garrisons.” The MT reading appears here to be the result of a conflation of variant readings.

⁴ tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”

⁵ tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”

⁶ tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 9).