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2 Samuel 8:5

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When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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The Kingdom of David and SolomonThe united kingdom of Israel at its height under kings David and Solomon.

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2 Samuel 8:5 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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