3 Chron. 18. 1. which are called Metheg-Ammah, or the Bridle of Ammah, becauſe Gath was ſituate in the Mountain of Ammah ; and becaule this being the chief Ciry of the Phil: fines, and having a King, which none of the reſt had, was the Bridle which had hither- ro ws the Iſraelites in ſubje&ion, but now was taken out of their
-MOUTNS* 2 And he ſmote Moab b, and meaſured them with
a line e, catting them down to the ground d: even with twolinesmcaſured he to put to deathe , and with one full line to keep ative: and /s the Moabites became Davids ſervants, and brought gifts.
bþ For although the King of Moab, out of hatred to Saul, preten- ded ſome kindneſs ro David, and gave protection to his Farents, T Sam. 22 3, 4 Yet the Moabites were perpetual and ſworn Enemies to the Iſraelites, who therefore were for bidden to admit them into the Congregation of the Lord, and to ſeek their Peace and Proſperity, Deurt. 23.6. And though God commanded them in their March to Canaan, to ſpare the Moabites, Deut. 2. g, 19. .yet afterwards they proved unthankful, and inſolent, and fierce Encmies to God and his Pcople, Nume 22.2, Oc. and 24. 17. and 26+ 17, 18. Judges 3. 14, &c. 18am. 14. 47, ©c.and thereby provoked God to alter his courſe: and carriage rowards them, c7.e. As with Line, the Particle as being oft under- food, as Pſal. 11. 1. and 22-6» and 45+ 1+ The ſenſe is, Having Conquered the Land, he made an eſtimate of it, and, as it follows, diſtributed the Towns and People into three parts. 4-7. e. Over- throwing their Towns, and utterly deſtroying their People in man- ner following, e Which ſeverity was necctlary for his own and his Peoples 1ecurity, becauſe they were numer: us and potent, and bordering upon Canaan, and very vexatious and miſchievous to the Iſraelites. And now that Prophecy Numb. 24. 17. was accomplithed,
3 © David {mote alſo Hadadezer f the {on of Rehob, king of *Zobah g, as he þ went to recover his border
* P41. Go. AC the river Euphrates. Etle. * F Called Hadarezer, 1 Chror. 18: 3. the Hebrew Letters Daleth and Reſch being alike, and ſo oft interchanged. g A part of Syria, lying North-Eaſt from Canaan, towards Hemath, 1 Chron. 18. 3. See 1 Same 14. 47- þ Queft. Who ? Anſv. Either, Firſt, Hadarezer : who being already very potent, and going to enlarge his Dominion further, David thought fit ro oppoſe him. Or, Secondly, David who remembring the grant which God had made to his Feople of all the Land as far as Euphrates, and having ſubdued his Neighbour- ing Fnemies, went to recover his Rights, and itablith his Dominion as far as Euphrates. . 4
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4. And David took [|from him a thouſand |} chariots 3, po. fl and feven hundred horſemen &, and twenty thouſand |\4 ; (4, footmen : and David houghed / all the chariot horſes m, ; bur reſerved of them for an hundred chariots.
; Which word is firly ſupplied out of 1 Chron 18. 4. ſuch Sub. fantives being oft underſto::d in the Hebrew Language, as Gen. 26. 30, 2 Sam,21. 6. k Or, ſeven hundred Companies of Hoyſemen,z. e. in all ſeven thouſand; as it is 1 Chron, 18. 4. thee being ten in each Company, and each ten having a Ruler or Captain, Exod. 18. 21. Deut. 3 15. Or, theſe ſeven hunared were the Chief and the Rulers of the reſt, and the remaining 6300 were the common Horſemen, ſubje& to rheir Commanders. /7.e. Cut the ſinews of their Legs, that they might be uſeleſs for War Compare Jo. 11. 6. m Except the following reſerve. Chariots are here put for Char:ot-Horſes, as they are 1 Sam. 13. 5. 2 Sam, 10. 18. Pjal. 76. 6. David did this, becaule he could not keep them for his own uſe, Dez. 17. 16.
5 And when the Syrians of Damaſcus .*. came to ſuccour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David flew of the Syrians two and twenty thouſand men.
.*. 7 e Who were ſubje& to Damaſcus, the chief City of Syria.
6 Then David put gariſons in Syria of Damaſcus, and the Syrians became ſervants to David, and brought gifts » : and the LORD preſerved David whither- loever he went.
2 To purchaſe their Peace, and acknowledge their SubjeQion him-
7 And David took the ſhields of gold that were on the ſervants o of Hadadezer, and brought them to
Jeruſalem.
o Or rather, which were with the ſervants, i.e. committed to their Cuſtody, as being kept in the King's Armoury : for it is not pro- bable they carried them into the held.
8 And from Beta, and from Berothai p, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brals.
? In 1 Chr». 18.8. it is, om Tibhath, and from Chun Fither there- fore the ſame Cities were called by ſeveral names, as is uſual, the one by the Hebrews, the other by the Syrians; or thoſe were two other Cities, and ſo the Braſs was taken out of theſe four Cities.
9 4 When Toi king of Hamath q heard that David had ſmitten all the hoſt of Hadadezer,
q Another eminent City of Syria.
10 Then Toi ſent Joram r his ſon unto king David,
co Þf ſalute him, and to bleſs him, becauſe he had T Heb: fought 2gainſt Hadadezer, and ſmitten him : ( for #* #1 Hadadezer + had wars / with Toi ) and Foram t Hb. brought with him veſſels of ſilver, and veſlels of gold, ws «nn
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and veilels of braſs ; of War r Here alſo the Names differ from 1 Chron. 18. 9, 10: where it is with, Ge, Tou and Hadoram. ſ Heb. was a man of Wars, i.e. was exerciſed , a9 in 8 11angs
with continual Wars. Compare Gen. 9: 20, &c. 11 Which alſo king David * did dedicate unto the *”* LORD 2z, with the ſilver and gold that he had dedicate +, hor of all nations which he ſubdued : 18; 11:& t To the building of God's Temple. 26. 26: to God and his Houſe, in preparing for it, permitted to build it»
i2 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philiitines, and of Amalek, and of the ſpoil of Hadadezer ſon of Rehob, king of Z.obah.
13 And David gat bim a name « when he returned from + ſmiting of the Syrians x in the valley of ſalt y, * f Heb: