The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 18
1 After this, David defeated the
Philistines and subdued them, and took
Gath and its towns out of the hand of the
Philistines.
2 He defeated Moab; and the Moabites
became servants to David and brought
tribute.
3 David defeated Hadadezer king of
Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to
establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 David took from him one thousand
chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and
twenty thousand footmen; and David
hamstrung all the chariot horses, but
reserved of them enough for one hundred
chariots.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus came
to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David
struck twenty-two thousand men of the
Syrians.
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.
7 David took the shields of gold that were
on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought
them to Jerusalem.
8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of
Hadadezer, David took very much bronze,
with which Solomon made the bronze sea,
the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.
9 When Tou king of Hamath heard
that David had struck all the army of
Hadadezer king of Zobah,
10 he sent Hadoram his son to King David
to greet him and to bless him, because he
had fought against Hadadezer and struck
him (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou);
and he had with him all kinds of vessels of
gold and silver and bronze.
11 King David also dedicated these to
Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that
he carried away from all the nations: from
Edom, from Moab, from the children of
Ammon, from the Philistines, and from
Amalek.
12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah
struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites
in the Valley of Salt.
13 He put garrisons in Edom; and all
the Edomites became servants to David.
Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he
went.
14 David reigned over all Israel; and he
executed justice and righteousness for all
his people.
15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the
army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was
recorder;
16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests;
Shavsha was scribe;
17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and the sons of David were chief officials
serving the king.