2 Samuel 8:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.”
חֶבֶל
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
מִנְחָה
of tribute
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מִנְחָה
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
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נָשָׂא
bearing
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נָשָׂא
To lift up, to bear, to forgive. Nasa. God lifts the weight of guilt. He carries what we cannot carry.
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שָׁכַב
he made lie down
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שָׁכַב
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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מוֹאָב
Moab
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מוֹאָב
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
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שְׁנַיִם
two
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שְׁנַיִם
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
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