1 Chronicles 18:4

4 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

1 Chronicles 18:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 18:4

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1).

1 Chronicles 18:4 In-Context

2 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

3 David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

4 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.