1 Chronicles 18:3-9

3 Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at[a] the Euphrates River.
4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought him tribute. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
7 David took the gold shields carried by the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 From Tebah[b] and Kun, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.
9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

1 Chronicles 18:3-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 18

The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2Sa 8:1-10:19, 20:1-26 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred. 18850-950102-2024-1Ch18.2

Cross References 5

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 19:6
  • 2. S Genesis 2:14
  • 3. S Genesis 49:6
  • 4. 2 Kings 16:9; 1 Chronicles 19:6
  • 5. S 1 Kings 7:23; 2 Chronicles 4:2-5; 2Ch 4:12,15-16

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "to restore his control over"
  • [b]. Hebrew "Tibhath," a variant of "Tebah"
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