1 Chronicles 18:6

6 David stationed soldiers in Aram of Damascus, enslaved them, and required payment. The LORD gave David victory 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 one thousand chariots from him, seven thousand cavalry, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Then David cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah's King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Arameans.
6 David stationed soldiers in Aram of Damascus, enslaved them, and required payment. The LORD gave David victory wherever he went.
7 David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's servants and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 From Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer's cities, David took large amounts of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze basin, the pillars, and the bronze equipment.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Cf 2 Sam 8:6; Heb lacks soldiers.
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