2 Samuel 8:10

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then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

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Hamath was a major Syrian city-state on the Orontes River, north of David’s kingdom; its king sent tribute after David defeated Hadadezer of Zobah near the Euphrates. The surrounding names identify Israel’s neighbors and David’s wider victories, showing the Lord’s establishment of his rule from Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 8:10 mentions Amalek, Ammon, Aram, Damascus, Edom, Euphrates, Hamath, Jerusalem, Moab, Philistia, Syria and Zobah.

Amalek · Someone35
Ammon · Berthold Werner
Aram · Dosseman
Damascus · Dosseman

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