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2 Samuel 8:2-5
New American Standard Bible
Chapter 8
2 And He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
3
Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the Euphrates River.
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And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
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When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans.
King James Version
Chapter 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.Christian Standard Bible
Chapter 8
2 He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.
3
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.
4
David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.
5
When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.
New Living Translation
Chapter 8
2 David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.
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David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
4
David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
5
When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
English Standard Version
Chapter 8
2 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 became servants to David and brought tribute.
3
David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
4
And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.
5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
New International Version
Chapter 8
2 David also defeated the Moabites. 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.
3
Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at the Euphrates River.
4
David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
5
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
La Biblia de las Américas
Chapter 8
2 Y derrotó a Moab, y los midió con cordel, haciéndolos tenderse en tierra; y midió dos cordeles para darles muerte, y un cordel entero para dejarlos vivos. Y los moabitas fueron siervos de David, trayéndole tributo.
3
David derrotó también a Hadad-ezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, cuando éste iba a restaurar su dominio en el Río.
4
David le tomó mil setecientos hombres de a caballo y veinte mil soldados de a pie; David desjarretó los caballos de los carros, pero dejó suficientes de ellos para cien carros.
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Cuando vinieron los arameos de Damasco en ayuda de Hadad-ezer, rey de Soba, David mató a veintidós mil hombres de los arameos.
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Chapter 8
2 También derrotó a Moab, y los midió con cordel, haciéndolos tenderse en tierra. Midió dos cordeles para darles muerte, y un cordel entero para dejarlos vivos. Y los Moabitas fueron siervos de David, trayéndole tributo.
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David derrotó también a Hadad Ezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, cuando éste iba a restaurar su dominio en el Río (el Eufrates).
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David le tomó 1,700 hombres de a caballo y 20,000 soldados de a pie. David desjarretó los caballos de los carros, pero dejó suficientes de ellos para 100 carros.
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Cuando vinieron los Arameos de Damasco en ayuda de Hadad Ezer, rey de Soba, David mató a 22,000 hombres de los Arameos.
Nueva Versión Internacional
Chapter 8
2 También derrotó a los moabitas, a quienes obligó a tenderse en el suelo y midió con un cordel; a los que cabían a lo largo de dos medidas los condenó a muerte, pero dejó con vida a los que quedaban dentro de la medida siguiente. Fue así como los moabitas pasaron a ser vasallos tributarios de David.
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Además, David derrotó a Hadad Ezer, hijo del rey Rejob de Sobá, cuando Hadad Ezer trató de restablecer su dominio sobre la región del río Éufrates.
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David le capturó mil carros, siete mil jinetes y veinte mil soldados de infantería; también desjarretó los caballos de tiro, aunque dejó los caballos suficientes para cien carros.
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Luego, cuando los sirios de Damasco acudieron en auxilio de Hadad Ezer, rey de Sobá, David aniquiló a veintidós mil de ellos.
Reina-Valera 1960
Chapter 8
2 Derrotó también a los de Moab, y los midió con cordel, haciéndolos tender por tierra; y midió dos cordeles para hacerlos morir, y un cordel entero para preservarles la vida; y fueron los moabitas siervos de David, y pagaron tributo.
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Asimismo derrotó David a Hadad-ezer hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, al ir éste a recuperar su territorio al río Éufrates.
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Y tomó David de ellos mil setecientos hombres de a caballo, y veinte mil hombres de a pie; y desjarretó David los caballos de todos los carros, pero dejó suficientes para cien carros.
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Y vinieron los sirios de Damasco para dar ayuda a Hadad-ezer rey de Soba; y David hirió de los sirios a veintidós mil hombres.
Biblia del Jubileo
Chapter 8
2 Hirió también a los de Moab, y los midió con cordel, haciéndolos echar por tierra; y los midió en dos cordeles, el uno para muerte, y otro cordel entero para vida; y fueron los moabitas siervos llevando presente. 3 Asimismo hirió David a Hadad-ezer hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, yendo él a extender su término hasta el río Eufrates. 4 Y tomó David de ellos mil setecientos de a caballo, y veinte mil hombres de a pie; y desjarretó David los caballos de todos los carros, excepto cien carros de ellos que dejó. 5 Y vinieron los sirios de Damasco a dar ayuda a Hadad-ezer rey de Soba; y David hirió de los Sirios veintidós mil hombres.
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