1 Chronicles 18:5
3 As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
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.
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand 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.
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- BSB
- When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- KJV
- And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- WEB
- When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
- ASV
- And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- DARBY
- And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
- BLB
- And the Aramaeans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram.
- ÅB
- Syrerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadareser, kongen i Soba; men David slo to og tyve tusen mann av dem.
- OTB
- Da arameerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadezer, kongen av Soba, slo David ned tjueto tusen mann av arameerne.
- B1930
- Syrerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadareser, kongen i Soba; men David slo to og tyve tusen mann av dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 8:9–10
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Read in context2 Samuel 8:5–6
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
Read in context1 Chronicles 19:6
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
Read in context1 Chronicles 18:3
As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.
Read in context1 Kings 11:23–24
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
Read in context1 Samuel 14:47
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
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