KJV ORIGINAL
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When the Syrians from Damascus came to help King Hadarezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand Syrian soldiers.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse shows David's military victory when he defeated a large Syrian army that came to help his enemy.
📚 Historical Context
This battle occurred during David's expansion of Israel's kingdom, when he was conquering surrounding nations. Damascus was a powerful Syrian city-state, and Zobah was another Aramean kingdom north of Israel. These nations formed alliances to resist David's growing power in the region.
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