1 Chronicles 18:5

5 Arameans from Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David killed twenty-two thousand of them.

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 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah all the way to the town of Hamath as he tried to spread his kingdom to the Euphrates River.
4 David captured one thousand of his chariots, seven thousand men who rode in chariots, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He crippled all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
5 Arameans from Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
6 Then David put groups of soldiers in Damascus in Aram. The Arameans became David's servants and gave him the payments he demanded. So the Lord gave David victory everywhere he went.
7 David took the shields of gold that had belonged to Hadadezer's officers and brought them to Jerusalem.
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