2 Samuel 8:2-4

King James Version

²And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

³David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.

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2 Samuel 8:2-4

English Standard Version

²^(A)And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites ^(B)became servants to David and ^(C)brought tribute.

³David also defeated ^(D)Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(E)Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates. ⁴^(F)And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David ^(G)hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.

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2 Samuel 8:2-4

New International Version

²David also defeated the Moabites.^(A) He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.^(B)

³Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer^(C) son of Rehob, king of Zobah,^(D) when he went to restore his monument at^[a] the Euphrates^(E) River. ⁴David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers^[b] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung^(F) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 8:3 Or his control along
2 Samuel 8:4 Septuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers

2 Samuel 8:2-4

New King James Version

²Then ^(A)he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s ^(B)servants, and ^(C)brought tribute.

³David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(D)Zobah, as he went to recover ^(E)his territory at the River Euphrates. ⁴David took from him one thousand chariots, ^[a]seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ^(F)hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.