King James Version
What Does 2 Samuel 8:6 Mean?
“Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.”
Context
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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. from: or, of his. chariots: as 1.Chr.18.4
5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8
And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **Garrisons.**—The primary meaning of this word in the original is something *placed, *and then *placed over. *Hence it comes to have the different derived meanings of *officer *in 1Kings 4:5; 1Kings 4:19; 2Chronicles 8:10, and *garrison *(1Samuel 10:5; 1Samuel 13:3), which is probably its meaning here.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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