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2 Samuel 8

3 passages from 2 books in the Christian Reader library reference 2 Samuel 8.

Isaac's Faith
from A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses by William Perkins · cites 2 Samuel 8:14

That prophecy of Jacob and Esau, that the elder should serve the younger, must not be restrained to the persons of Jacob and Esau, but referred to their posterity; especially in the days of David and Solomon: for then were the Edomites who came of Esau, in subjection to the Isra…
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The Faith of the Judges and David
from A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses by William Perkins · cites 2 Samuel 8:1, 2

The first is, Subduing of Kingdoms; which serves chiefly for the commendation of the faith of the four Judges there named, and of David. For, as we may read in the books of Judges, and of Samuel, all these subdued Kingdoms; as, the Canaanites, Judges 4, the Midianites, Judges 6,…
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Chapter 7
from Exposition of the Song of Solomon by James Durham · cites 2 Samuel 8:5

It is said, 1. to be like the tower of Lebanon: There is no particular mention of such a tower, but, that Solomon built there a stately house (2 Chronicles 8:3), called the house of the forest of Lebanon, wherein (2 Chronicles 9:15-16) he put many targets and shields; and Lebano…
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