1 Chronicles 18:2-12

2 He also defeated Mo'av, so that the people of Mo'av became subjects of David and paid tribute.
3 David, on his way to establish his dominion as far as the Euphrates River, also defeated Hadar'ezer king of Tzovah near Hamat.
4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. He reserved enough horses for 100 chariots and disabled the rest.
5 When the people of Aram from Dammesek came to the aid of Hadar'ezer king of Tzovah, David killed 22,000 men of Aram.
6 Then David put [garrisons] among the people of Aram in Dammesek; Aram became subject to David and paid tribute. ADONAI gave victory to David wherever he went.
7 David took the gold shields which Hadar'ezer's servants were wearing and brought them to Yerushalayim.
8 From Tivchat and Kun, cities of Hadar'ezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze, which Shlomo used to make the bronze "Sea,"the columns and various bronze articles.
9 When To'u king of Hamat heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadar'ezer king of Tzovah,
10 he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet and congratulate him on fighting and defeating Hadar'ezer - for Hadar'ezer had been at war with To'u - and [he sent] all kinds of articles made of silver, gold and bronze,
11 which King David dedicated to ADONAI, along with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations - from Edom, Mo'av, the people of 'Amon, the P'lishtim and 'Amalek.
12 Moreover, Avishai the son of Tz'ruyah killed 18,000 men from Edom in the Salt Valley.

1 Chronicles 18:2-12 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

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