The Lord's Victory
By Eric Gadlage
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"The Lord's Victory," is a compilation of some of the legendary stories from the Bible, centered on how God manifested miraculous victories through normal, everyday, flawed people, so that everyone who witnessed these would know it was and could only be- the Lord's victories!
Eric Gadlage
Eric Gadlage, 48, is the author of "The Rapture Watch," "Keto Kickstart," and "Keto Momentum". "After the Rapture: Return of the King," will be out soon! Visit www.ericgadlage.com for more information.
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The Lord's Victory - Eric Gadlage
Chapter 1
Noah
Background
Noah was the 9th of the pre-flood patriarchs listed in the Old Testament of the Bible-through the line of Seth, son of Lamech. Seth was one of the 3 sons of Adam and Eve, along with Cain and Abel; Adam and Eve, the first two humans. Noah and his wife, Naamah, had 3 sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis
The story of Noah is found primarily in the Book of Genesis. He was born around 3000 B.C. and lived to 950 years old; he was one of the oldest living people in the Bible. Moses for example, alive around the late 1500’s B.C. lived to be 120 years old.
The Great Flood & the Ark
The date of the great flood, which Noah is most well known for, happened somewhere around 2500 B.C when Noah was 600 years old. Noah was chosen by God, as you’ll read about in Genesis, to construct an Ark 1.5 football fields long (150 yards), 25 yards wide, and 3 stories high, capable of holding many persons and animals.
Only 8 people Boarded the Ark...
Only 8 people, Noah, his 3 sons and their wives, chose to be saved, along with the many animals they rescued aboard the Ark before the flood. The Ark would save them all from the Great Flood that would wipe out the rest of humanity on earth.
Genesis 6:5-8
The Wickedness and Judgment of Man
5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
Genesis 6:13-22
The Ark Prepared
13 And God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark, and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
(A Cubit is = 1/2 yard)- so the Ark was 150 yards long, 25 yards wide, and 15 yards high)
16 You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. 21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them."
22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Genesis 7
The Great Flood
Noah was instructed by God in Genesis 7 to bring 7 each of every clean animal- male and female.
2 each of animals unclean- male and female, and 7 each of the birds of the air - male and female.
He told Noah that in 7 days, He would make it rain 40 days and 40 nights on all the earth causing a great flood that would wipe out all living creatures.
Genesis 7:9-12
Boarding the Ark...the Flood Begins
9 two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Genesis 7:19-21
All Living Creatures Wiped Out...
19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man.
The waters remained at that level for 150 days.
The End of the 40 Days...
Genesis 8:4-6
4 Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen. 6 So it came to pass, at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
The Ark landed somewhere near Mt. Ararat in the mountains of eastern Turkey.
The Land Dry Once Again...
Genesis 8:13-14
13 And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and indeed the surface of the ground was dry. 14 And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dried.
Out of the Ark...
Genesis 8:15-19
15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons and your sons’ wives with you. 17 Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you: birds and cattle and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, so that they may abound on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.
18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. 19 Every animal, every creeping thing, every bird, and whatever creeps on the earth, according to their families, went out of the ark.
The Lord’s Covenant with Noah
Genesis 9:11
11 Thus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth."
The Rainbow as a Sign of that Covenant
Genesis 9:14-15
14 It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; 15 and I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Noah became a farmer, planting vineyards, and lived to be 950 years old before he died.(350 years after the flood.) He was succeeded by his 3 sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth with Ham as the father of Canaan. Through them, all of humanity would be restored and repopulated.
Chapter 2
Abraham
Who was Abraham?
Abraham was the son of Terah, a descendent of Noah. Noah, his three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives, were the only ones saved in the Great Flood around 2500 B.C. Abraham was an average man living in Turkey around 2000 B.C. who God chose to bless all of the Jews, the nation of Israel, and all of humanity through...
In Genesis 12, we first see God speaking to Abraham:
12 The Lord had said to Abraham, "Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.
I will make you into a great nation,
and I will bless you;
I will make your name great,
and you will be a blessing,
and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth
will be blessed through you."
Abraham was 75 Years Old...
At 75 years old, Abraham did as God directed. He left his dwelling in Harran in modern day Turkey where he lived and set out southward for the Land of Canaan (modern day Israel and surrounding areas).
Canaan (Israel)
He took with him his wife Sarah, possessions, and servants along with his nephew Lot. They traveled through Egypt and then turned back to the north landing at Bethel (near Jerusalem) where they departed ways with Lot. Lot chose modern day Jordan of the Sodomites (Sodom & Gomorrah) and Abraham lived in Canaan.
Land Given to Abraham and His Descendants by the Lord
Genesis 13:14-18
14 The Lord said to Abram after Lot had parted from him, Look around from where you are, to the north and south, to the east and west. 15 All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring forever. 16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your offspring could be counted. 17 Go, walk through the length and breadth of the land, for I am giving it to you.
18 So Abram went to live near the great trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he pitched his tents. There he built an altar to the Lord.
Abraham could not possibly have known it at the time, but the Lord’s promises of land and blessing of him and his people and all of humanity would stand forever.
How would he be made a great nation?
First of all, God promised Abraham in Genesis 13:14-18 (below) that his offspring would be made like the dust of the earth
if anyone could count all of the dust on the earth would equal his offspring. He would literally have millions of descendants after him.
The nation would be great, because as the Lord said, I will make you into a great nation.
The Lord would bless Abraham and all of his descendants who would make up the Jews. The nation of Israel, would comprise all of this land given to Abraham and his descendants. Whoever blesses this nation will be blessed and whoever curses Israel, will be cursed.
Indeed this has been the case concerning Israel and Abraham’s descendants.
How was he a blessing?
Abraham was a blessing because of God’s covenant with him. Abraham’s faith shown through his willingness to do as God directed was a blessing to him and his people through the land God gave him and later a blessing to the entire world, because God later gave His only Son, Jesus Christ, as a sacrifice to give all of humanity the opportunity to be saved by receiving Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
How were those who cursed him cursed?
Any nation that has risen against Israel has fallen, while Israel and the Jews, despite their persecution, have persevered and prospered.
Lot Captured & Rescued by Abraham
While in Sodom, Lot was captured by 4 invading kings along with all of his possessions. Learning of this, Abraham, along with 318 trained men pursued Lot as far as Damascus where they were victorious and successfully rescued Lot, the people, and possessions. The Kings of Sodom and of Salem offered gifts and rewards to Abraham, but he refused them and gave credit for the victory to the Lord.
The Lord Acknowledges Abraham
Genesis 15:1 New International Version (NIV)
15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
"Do not be afraid, Abram.
I am your shield,
your very great reward."
Up until this time, Abraham was childless, but the Lord confirmed he would have a son who would be his heir- not his servant.
Genesis 15:4 New International Version (NIV)
4 Then the word of the Lord came to him: This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.
5 He took him outside and said, Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.
Then he said to him, So shall your offspring be.
The Lord Predicts the Jewish Captivity
Genesis 15:13-16 New International Version (NIV)
13 Then the Lord said to him, Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.
Here God is confirming that Abraham’s descendants, the Jews, would suffer hardship, but that He would punish the nations who enslaved and persecuted them. Afterward, they would come out with great possessions.
Anything that was taken from the Jews, God would return to them and more.
The Land Covenants
Genesis 15:18-19 New International Version (NIV)
18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.
Everlasting Covenant
Genesis 17:7-9
7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."
These verses more plainly state the land God had ordained to Abraham and his descendents, the Jews.
Abraham’s Plea with the Lord to Save Sodom & Gomorrah
The Lord announces that he is going to deal with Sodom and Gomorrah...
Genesis 18:20
20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.
22 Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. 23 And Abraham came near and said, Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? 24 Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? 25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
26 So the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
27 Then Abraham answered and said, Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: 28 Suppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?
So He said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it.
29 And he spoke to Him yet again and said, Suppose there should be forty found there?
So He said, I will not do it for the sake of forty.
30 Then he said, Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?
So He said, I will not do it if I find thirty there.
31 And he said, Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?
So He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.
32 Then he said, Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?
And He said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.
33 So the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.
Apparently there was not ten righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah, because the Lord destroyed the entire city sparing only Lot.
God Tests Abraham
In Genesis Chapter 22 of the Old Testament, God tests Abraham.
He orders Abraham to make the ultimate sacrifice- his only son Isaac...
Genesis 22
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham!
And he said, Here I am.
2Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.
3 So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. 4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar off. 5 And Abraham said to his young men, Stay here with the donkey; the lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you.
6 So Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife, and the two of them went together. 7 But Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, My father!
And he said, Here I am, my son.
Then he said, Look, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering.
So the two of them went together.
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham!
So he said, Here I am.
12 And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.
13 Then Abraham lifted his eyes and looked, and there behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided.
Faith Rewarded
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.
19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
He Lived to 175...
At 86 years old, Abraham had a son, Ishmael, with Hagar, and later at 100 years old would have another son with Sarah, 90 years old at the time, named Isaac. He would later have 6 more offspring with a 2nd wife and would live until the age of 175.
Israel- A Blessed and Prosperous Nation
As we see today, Israel is a blessed and prosperous Nation. The people have persevered, still suffer persecution, and God continues to bless them thousands of years later, just as He claimed.
Chapter 3
David
Background
David, an Israelite servant shepherd descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and musician living around 1000 B.C., would later become the 3rd King of Israel behind Abimelech and Saul.
He is best known for his defeat of the giant, Goliath, of the Philistines at the Valley of Elah near the Philistine camp between Sucoh and Azekah, northeast of Hebron and Southwest of Jerusalem-modern day Israel- West of the Dead Sea- while Saul was king of Israel.
Highlights
David & Goliath
At a young age, David stepped up in faith to slew the Philistine giant with a mere sling and stone to claim the victory for the Israelites over the Philistines.
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
He would later reclaim the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines and bring it back to the Jewish altar and establish Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. He built the City of David on the Southwest side of Jerusalem opposite of the Temple Mount, located at the Gihon Spring bordered by the Kidron Valley on the east side after conquering the Jebusites there around 1000 B.C.
The Judgment on David’s Sin
David did commit adultery and also had the man killed in battle, for which the Lord had his son die.
David Confirms Solomon Shall Succeed Him as King
His 2nd son, Solomon, would succeed David as King around 970-931 B.C. and become one of the wealthiest and wisest people in the entire world throughout history.
Solomon would build the 1st Temple of Jerusalem, the Holy Temple, which would later be destroyed in 587 B.C. by king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia.
David Reigns over All of Jerusalem
The Lord’s Covenant with David
The Altar and the Threshing Floor
David’s Last Words
Death of David
David & Goliath
1 Samuel 17
The Israelites stood on a mountain on one side while the Philistines stood on a mountain on the other side with the Valley of Elah in the middle. Goliath was 6 cubits tall = 3 yards = 9 ft tall. He had all bronze armor and carried a sword, spear, and javelin. The spearhead alone weighed 600 shekels or 126 pounds. He was a giant.
For 40 days Goliath challenged any man of Israel to fight him for the victory over the Philistines.
Goliath Challenges the Israelites
1 Samuel 17:8-11
8 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul?
Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us. 10 And the Philistine said,
I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together." 11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
David, was a mere shepherd, the youngest of 8 sons of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, named Jesse. He was initially sent to bring food to his brothers preparing for battle against the Philistines.
When he saw the giant, he was not afraid. Saul approached him, conveying that he was not fit for this battle. David replied that the Lord would deliver the victory just as He had delivered him from the lions and bears as a shepherd.
The Lord is My Deliverer
1 Samuel 17: 37
37 Moreover David said, The Lord, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.
He was given armor to wear, but it didn’t fit, so he simply didn’t use it.
David’s words for the Giant
1 Samuel 17:45-47
45 Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you. And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. 47 Then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands."
David Slays the Giant
1 Samuel 17:49-51, 54
49 Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. But there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it.
54 And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.
Saul Resents David...
Saul resented David for his victory over the giant and secretly chased him down to kill him, but each time David evaded him. David had the opportunity to kill Saul twice, but each time let him go knowing that the Lord would eventually deal with Saul; it was not his decision since the Lord had appointed Saul as king.
Saul Killed, David becomes King
Saul and his sons would eventually be killed by the Philistines, while David would become King of Judah at a mere 30 years old; he would reign there for 7 years, 6 months, then King of Israel for 33 years.
The Ark of the Covenant Reclaimed
David would later reclaim the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines to be brought back to Israel; he would win Jerusalem from the Jebusites, which would become the capital of Israel.
David Reigns over All of Jerusalem
David Annointed King
2 Samuel 5
The tribes and all the elders of Israel approached David and annointed him as King of Israel. He was only 30 years old when he began his reign as King of Judah for 7 years 6 months, and then reigned as King of Israel for 33 years, 40 years total.
David soon took Jerusalem from the Jebusites and established the City of David there...
The City of David
2 Samuel 5:9-12
9 Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the City of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward. 10 So David went on and became great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house. 12 So David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
David’s Army Defeats the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:19
19 So David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?
And the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
He brought the Ark out of the house of Abinidab an Israelite of the tribe of Judah in whose house the Ark rested after its return by the Philistines and was going to place it in the City of David, but Uzzah, an Israelite, touched the Ark and made the Oxen stumble at which point God struck him dead.
This made David afraid of placing the Ark at the City of David so he rested it at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for 3 months where the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his entire household.
When David saw how the Lord had blessed Obed Edom for keeping the Ark, he moved the Ark to the City of David and offered burnt offerings and celebrated with the people.
Michal, Saul’s daughter saw them celebrating and despised David for this.
Michal Resents David
2 Samuel 6:20-23
20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
21 So David said to Michal, It was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
The Lord’s Covenant with David
2 Samuel 7:12-16
Nathan the prophet spoke on behalf of the Lord to David saying...
12 When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 14 I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men. 15 But My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.
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David then gives his thankfulness and gratitude to the Lord through prayer.
David’s Further Conquests
Philistines
The Philistines were primarily located along the Western Coast of modern day Israel along the Meditteranean including 5 cities: Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, and Gath.
Moabites
The Moabites of Moab were located primarily to the east of Jerusalem and below Jericho on the other side of the Dead Sea.
Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah
The territory of Zobah is thought to be near modern day Lebanon located on the east coast above Israel and adjacent to Syria.
2 Samuel 8:4-13
4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for