Holy Scripture
2 Samuel 8:1
A church father on this verse
“The history of the Kings [Samuel] recounts that David won these victories after he succeeded Saul in the kingship, and it seems inappropriate to introduce them into our ordered arrangement here since they are known to be recounted extensively there. But we must realize that these wars are a description in figure of th…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and put them to flight, and David took the tribute from out of the hand of the Philistines.
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— 2 Samuel 8:1 —
2And David smote Moab, and measured them out with lines, having laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute.
3And David smote Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.