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When 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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Verse 19. Before Israel. Hebrew and Septuagint only read, “And when all the kings, servants of Adarezer, saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them,” and so forth Bible.—The addition is not found in the ancient version of S. Jerom. These tributary kings lived in Syria, and some perhaps beyond the Euphrates. See Psalms 59. Calmet.—The army had consisted of 145,000 men. After the loss of 87,000, the servants of Adarezer went over to David, and served him. Paral. Menochius.
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