Passage Research
2 Samuel 8 — Sermon Preparation
David defeats the surrounding nations — Philistia, Moab, Aram, Edom — and administers a kingdom stretching from the Euphrates to the border of Egypt. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 261 / 117
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 21 | David |
| הֲדַדְעֶזֶר | Hădadʻezer | H1909 | 8 | Hadadezer |
| אֲרָם | ʼĂrâm | H758 | 6 | Aram, Syria |
| נָכָה | nâkâh | H5221 | 7 | strike |
| תֹּעוּ | Tôʻûw | H8583 | 3 | Tou, Toi |
| צוֹבָא | Tsôwbâʼ | H6678 | 3 | Zoba, Zobah |
| נְצִיב | nᵉtsîyb | H5333 | 3 | stationary, prefect |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David having sought first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, settling the ark as soon as he was himself well settled, we are here told how all other things were added to him. Here is an account, I. Of his conquests. He triumphed, 1. Over the Philistines, ver. 1. 2. Over the Moabites, ver. 2. 3. Over the king of Zobah, ver. 3, 4. 4. Over the Syrians, ver. 5-8, 13. 5. Over the Edomites, ver. 14. II. Of the presents that were brought him and the wealth he got from the nations he subdued, which he dedicated to God, ver. 9-12. III. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Samuel 8:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Metheg-ammah— 2 Sam 8:1
- Amalek— 2 Sam 8:12
- Ammon— 2 Sam 8:12
- Edom— 2 Sam 8:12
- Moab 1— 2 Sam 8:12
- Philistia— 2 Sam 8:12
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