{"id":821,"date":"2012-04-12T15:16:42","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T22:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teach4god.com\/OTS\/?p=821"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:21:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T12:21:27","slug":"2-samuel-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/04\/12\/2-samuel-8\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Samuel 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=2%20Samuel%208&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">2 Samuel 8<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> (cf. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Chronicles%2018&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Chronicles 18<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The theme of this chapter can be\u00a0seen in two verses, verses 6 and 14. In both of these, the writer states that &#8220;Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.&#8221; The kingdom is growing, through the hand of David by the will of God. This chapter recounts the kings David vanquished (the Philistines, the Moabites, the king of Zobah, the Syrians, and the Edomites [1-8]), the wealth he acquired in these conquests (9-10), and how he ruled his people (15-18). Since David sought God first (<span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/03\/31\/2-samuel-6\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">2 Samuel 6<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">), God blessed David with a kingdom (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%206.33&amp;version=NASB\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">Matthew 6.33<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Even the spoils David took, he offered to God for the building of the Temple under Solomon (11).<\/p>\n<p>When God provides victories in your life, do you give Him the honor, praise, and glory for them? Or, do you hoard them yourself?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Historical Notes<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Verse 2-two of three would be put to death<\/li>\n<li>Verse 6-from Damascus to the Euphrates<\/li>\n<li>Verse 13-David won a name for himself. Interestingly, David\u2019s name appears twenty-one times in this chapter.<\/li>\n<li>Verse 16-For more on Joab, read our studies in <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/18\/1-samuel-26\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Samuel 26<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/28\/2-samuel-2\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">2 Samuel 2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/29\/2-samuel-3\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">2 Samuel 3<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/03\/23\/1-chronicles-11\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Chronicles 11<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Verse 18-For more on Abiathar, read our studies in <span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/24\/1-samuel-30\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Samuel 30<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/2012\/02\/12\/1-samuel-21-24\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; color: #0000ff;\">1 Samuel 21-24<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>As for the numbers involved in this chapter and in 1 Chronicles, the following numbers are given:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>from the Syrians (Arameans) one thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and 20,000 footmen (soldiers) were captured. As well, 22,000 Aramean soldiers were killed. Thus, the 40,000 &#8220;horsemen&#8221; (2 Sam. 10:18) and 40,000 footmen (v. 18) are merely rounded-off figures for the 42,000 foot soldiers either captured or slain. The word &#8220;horsemen&#8221; in 2 Samuel 10:18 is thus used imprecisely or may have been miscopied from the listing in 2 Samuel 8:4 (<a href=\"https:\/\/teach4god.com\/OTS\/category\/miscellaneous\/bibliography-of-works-used-non-internet\/\" target=\"_blank\">King James Version study Bible. 1997<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When God provides victories in your life, do you give Him the honor, praise, and glory for them? 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