1 Chronicles 18:6

6 Then he placed garrisons ^[a] in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious ^[b] wherever he went.

1 Chronicles 18:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 18:6

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1).

1 Chronicles 18:6 In-Context

4 David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.

6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 8:6 and Syriac); Hebrew does not include garrisons.
• [b] Or the LORD saved David; also in verse 13