2 Samuel 8:1 (KJV)

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And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines

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A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. An. Ex. Is. 451. And after. 2Sa 7:9 2Sa 21:15-22

Metheg-ammah. or, the bridle of Ammah. 2Sa 2:24 1Ch 18:1-17

16 David's officers. Gath.In the parallel passage of Chronicles, we read, "David took Gath and her towns;" and it is probable, that Gath and its districts were called Metheg-ammah in David's time; which, being unusual or becoming obsolete, in the time of the author of the Chronicles, led him thus to explain it.

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