1 Chronicles 18:5

5 And when the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram.

1 Chronicles 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 18:5

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1).

1 Chronicles 18:5 In-Context

3 And David struck Hadadezer, king of Zobah-Hamath, as he set up his monument at the Euphrates River.
4 And David captured from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left one hundred of them [to] remain [for] chariots.
5 And when the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram.
6 Then David set up [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bearing tribute. And Yahweh delivered David wherever he went.
7 And David took small round shields of gold that were upon the servants of Hadadezer and brought them [to] Jerusalem.
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