2 Samuel 8:3
8:3 David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish
his authority
over the Euphrates
River.
2 Samuel 8:12-13
8:12 including
Aram,
Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from
King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.
8:13 David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,000 in all.
2 Samuel 10:16
10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from
beyond the Euphrates River,
and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them.
2 Samuel 10:1
David and the Ammonites
10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him.
2 Samuel 18:3
18:3 But the soldiers replied, “You should not do this! For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”
2 Samuel 18:12-13
18:12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if I were receiving a thousand pieces of silver, I would not strike the king’s son! In our very presence the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.”
2 Samuel 19:16-19
19:16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.
19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant
of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed
the Jordan within sight of the king.
19:18 They crossed at the ford in order to help the king’s household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate.
Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king.
19:19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don’t call it to mind!