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David's wars with the Philistines, Moabites, Suva king Adraazar, Damascus Syrians. Establishment of Jewish power in Idumea. 2 Samuel 8:1. After this, David defeated the Philistines and humbled them, and David took Mepheg-Haamma from the hands of the Philistines. David's upcoming organizational activities in the field of religious and social life of the people required complete security of the state from the outside. Mepheg-Haamma is the same as Gath (1 Chronicles 18:1). See book (1 Samuel 6:17). 2 Samuel 8:3. And David struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Suba, when he went to restore his dominion by the river [Euphrates]; The location of the kingdom of Suva is considered to be northeast of Damascus, between the Orontes and Euphrates rivers. 2 Samuel 8:7. And David took the golden shields that the servants of Hadarezer had and brought them to Jerusalem. [They were later taken by Shusakim, king of Egypt, during his invasion of Jerusalem, in the days of Rehoboam, son of Solomon.] 2 Samuel 8:9. And Thoi, king of Imath, heard that David had slain all the army of Haddraazar, Imaf - near the Orontes River, which flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the northern borders of Palestine. 2 Samuel 8:13. And David made a name for himself, returning from the defeat of eighteen thousand Syrians in the Salt Valley. The passage parallel to this in (1 Chronicles 18:12) reads like this: “And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote the Edomites in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.” This circumstance, as well as the fact that the previous verses do not say anything about the defeat of eighteen thousand Syrians (verses 4-5 report other figures), force us to assume that (2 Samuel 8:13) refers not to the previous ones, but to the next one - verse 14 and that instead of the Syrians, the Edomites should be read here. “And David made a name for himself,” i.e. became famous. 2 Samuel 8:16. Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, as a writer; Joab, Hazael and Abishai were David's nephews by his sister Zeruiah. "Jehoshaphat...was a scriptwriter". “The remarkable events that filled the reign of David, the multitude of persons to whom the king’s attention should have been drawn, the multitude of matters that required observation and decision, required records and gave rise to a special public position - the position of recorder, chronicler and secretary of the sovereign” (Ya. Bogorodsky, “Jewish Kings”, p. 171). 2 Samuel 8:17. Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was a scribe; "Ahimelech, son of Abiathar". See note. to (1 Samuel 21:1). 2 Samuel 8:18. and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the ruler over the Chelethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were the first at court. By Chelethei and Felebei we mean the personal honorary and security guard of the sovereign. "Sons of David". See (2 Samuel 3:2–5,5:14–16). You might be interested in: