Discovery Box2 Samuel 8:2 
Context8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. 1 The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. 2
2 Samuel 8:11-12
Context8:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, 3 along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from 4 all the nations that he had subdued, 8:12 including 5 Aram, 6 Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from 7 King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.
1 tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”
2 tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”
3 tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the
4 tn Heb “with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated from.”
5 tn Heb “from.”
6 tc The present translation follows the MT; a few Hebrew
7 tn Heb “and from the plunder of.”
