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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 18:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 18:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And he smote [05221] Moab [04124]; and the Moabites [04124] became David's [01732] servants [05650], and brought [05375] gifts [04503]. |
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King James |
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
he smote Moab--The terrible severities by which David's conquest of that people was marked, and the probable reason of their being subjected to such a dreadful retribution, are narrated (Sa2 8:2).
the Moabites . . . brought gifts--that is, became tributary to Israel. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Brought gifts - Were laid under tribute. |
2 And he smote [05221] Moab [04124], and measured [04058] them with a line [02256], casting them down [07901] to the ground [0776]; even with two [08147] lines [02256] measured [04058] he to put to death [04191], and with one full [04393] line [02256] to keep alive [02421]. And so the Moabites [04124] became David's [01732] servants [05650], and brought [05375] gifts [04503].