2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)After this , it is said (1 Chron. 18:1), David did those great exploits. After the sweet communion he had had with God by the word and prayer, as mentioned in the foregoing chapter, he went on his work with extraordinary vigour and courage, conquering and to conquer . Thus Jacob, after his vision, lifted up his feet, Gen. 29:1. We have taken a view of these victories before, and shall now only obs…
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