A moment in scripture

2 Samuel 10:16

"

And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

"
2 Samuel 10:16Read chapter (KJV) KJV

The surrounding passage

  1. 2 Samuel 10:14

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  2. 2 Samuel 10:15

    And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

  3. 2 Samuel 10:17

    And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

  4. 2 Samuel 10:18

    And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.

Read all of 2 Samuel 10 →

Download verse card

Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.