2 Samuel 8:1

David Subjugates Nearby Nations

8:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah ¹  from the Philistines. ² 

2 Samuel 8:3

8:3 David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish ³  his authority ⁴  over the Euphrates ⁵  River.

2 Samuel 3:39

3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! ⁶  May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 6:6

6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, ⁸  Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of ⁹  the ark of God, ¹⁰  because the oxen stumbled.

[8:1]  ¹ tn Heb “the bridle of one cubit.” Many English versions treat this as a place name because the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:1 reads “Gath” (which is used by NLT here). It is possible that “the bridle of one cubit” is to be understood as “the token of surrender,” referring to the Philistine’s defeat rather than a specific place (cf. TEV, CEV).

[8:1]  ² tn Heb “from the hand [i.e., control] of the Philistines.”

[8:3]  ³ tc The LXX has ἐπιστῆσαι (episthsai, “cause to stand”). See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:3.

[8:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

[8:3]  ⁵ tn The MT does not have the name “Euphrates” in the text. It is supplied in the margin (Qere) as one of ten places where the Masoretes believed that something was “to be read although it was not written” in the text as they had received it. The ancient versions (LXX, Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate) include the word. See also the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:3.

[3:39]  ⁵ tn Heb “are hard from me.”

[3:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).

[6:6]  ⁷ tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Or “steadied.”

[6:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”