2 Samuel 8:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And 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.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Samuel 8:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Samuel 8:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — World English Bible
2 Samuel 8:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. ”
2 Samuel 8:4 — American Standard Version
2 Samuel 8:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Samuel 8:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots. ”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Darby Translation
2 Samuel 8:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Dauid tooke of them a thousand and seuen hundreth horsemen, and twenty thousande footemen, and Dauid destroyed all the charets, but he reserued an hundreth charets of them.”
2 Samuel 8:4 — Geneva Bible
2 Samuel 8:4 in Context — 2 Samuel 8
2 And 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.
3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
4 And 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.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
What Does 2 Samuel 8:4 Mean?
2 Samuel 8:4 is a verse from the Book of 2 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Samuel chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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