And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
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Gill's Exposition
And David gat him a name,.... Fame and reputation in the several nations of the world for valour and courage, for the many and signal victories that he obtained; the Jewish writers generally refer…
Barnes' Notes
The Syrians - Read the Edomites, as in marginal references (compare Psa 60:1-12 title), and as the context 2Sa 8:14 requires. For a further account of this war of extermination with Edom, see 1Ki…
Adam Clarke
David gat him a name - Became a very celebrated and eminent man. The Targum has it, David collected troops; namely, to recruit his army when he returned from smiting the Syrians. His many battles had…
Here is, 1. The court made to David by the king of Hamath, who, it seems was at this time at war with the king of Zobah. He hearing of David's success against his enemy, sent his own son ambassador to…
Conquest of Edom
13. gathim a name Won renown. Cp. ch. 2Sa 7:9. This, and not "erected a monument," as some render, is the right meaning.
when he returned from smiting of the Syrians The text is…
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