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2 Samuel 8:22Sam.8.2

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.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Il battit les Moabites, et il les mesura avec un cordeau, en les faisant coucher par terre; il en mesura deux cordeaux pour les livrer à la mort, et un plein cordeau pour leur laisser la vie. Et les Moabites furent assujettis à David, et lui payèrent un tribut.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 91 (Migne)

    Artaxerxes rex regum, Ezrae sacerdoti, scribae legis Dei coeli doctissimo, salutem (Ibid.) . 8. (II Sam. VIII, 2.) Et percussit Moab, et mensus est eos funiculo coaequans terrae, etc. Quod scriptum [Col. 0720D] est de David: Et percussit Moab, et mensus est eos funiculo coaequ…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 193 (Migne)

    illibus, cum reverteretur, posuit in Idumaea custodes, et facta est universa Idumaea serviens David (II Reg. VIII, 1-10) . Qualiter autem converterit Joab non legimus, nisi, quod cum mortuo Saulo rex constitutus cepisset arcem Sion, [Col. 1749A] dixit: «Qui in primis percusserit…

  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 194 (Migne)

    culo coaequans terrae. Mensus est autem duos funiculos, unum ad occidendum, et unum ad vivificandum (II Reg. VIII, 2) ,» hoc de isto manuforti venerabiliter est sentiendum, quia mensus est terram, et mensus est duos funiculos, unum funiculum misericordiae, et unum funiculum judic…

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