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Shobach

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Named at 2 Samuel 10:16 as “Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer”: Hadadezer sends and brings out the Syrians who are beyond the River, and they come to Helam, with Shobach at their head. At 10:18 the Syrians flee before Israel, and David strikes Shobach the captain of their army, so that he dies there.

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1CH 19:16–19, engwebp
¹⁶When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.
¹⁷David was told that, so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
¹⁸The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.
¹⁹When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.
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2SA 10:15–19, engwebp
¹⁵When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
¹⁶Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
¹⁷David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him.
¹⁸The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
¹⁹When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
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Took part in (2) — David passes over the Jordan to Helam and strikes Shobach, the captain of Hadadezer’s army, David crosses the Jordan, and Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer is killed

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2 Samuel 10:16 Open that verse

Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

2 Samuel 10:18 Open that verse

The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.

1 Chronicles 19:16 Open that verse

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.

1 Chronicles 19:18 Open that verse

The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.

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Entry: Shobach (person-shobach)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 10:16 as “Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer”: Hadadezer sends and brings out the Syrians who are beyond the River, and they come to Helam, with Shobach at their head. At 10:18 the Syrians flee before Israel, and David strikes Shobach the captain of their army, so that he dies there.
Cited evidence: 1CH 19:16–19, engwebp / 2SA 10:15–19, engwebp
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