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1 Chronicles 18:2

And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Moabites;   Zobah;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gift;   Moabite;   Rabbah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moab, Moabites ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mo'ab;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Moab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He also defeated the Moabites, and they became David’s subjects and brought tribute.
Hebrew Names Version
He struck Mo'av; and the Mo`avim became servants to David, and brought tribute.
King James Version
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
English Standard Version
And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
New Century Version
He also defeated the people of Moab. So the people of Moab became servants of David and gave him the payment he demanded.
New English Translation
He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute.
Amplified Bible
He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants and brought tribute (gifts).
New American Standard Bible
And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
World English Bible
He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.
Legacy Standard Bible
He also struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
Berean Standard Bible
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
Contemporary English Version
David also defeated the Moabites, and so they had to accept him as their ruler and pay taxes to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
He also defeated Mo'av, so that the people of Mo'av became subjects of David and paid tribute.
Darby Translation
And he smote the Moabites; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then David defeated the country of Moab. The Moabites became David's servants and brought tribute to him.
George Lamsa Translation
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became Davids servants and brought tribute.
Good News Translation
He also defeated the Moabites, who became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
Lexham English Bible
And he struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bearing tribute.
Literal Translation
And he struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing a tribute.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He smote the Moabites likewyse, so that the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid, and gaue him trybute.
American Standard Version
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruauntes, and payde him tribute.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presents.
King James Version (1611)
And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought gifts.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and tributaries.
English Revised Version
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought presents.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that he smoot Moab; and Moabitis weren maad seruauntis of Dauid, and brouyten yiftis to hym.
Update Bible Version
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became slaves to David, and brought tribute.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
New King James Version
Then he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought tribute.
New Living Translation
David also conquered the land of Moab, and the Moabites who were spared became David's subjects and paid him tribute money.
New Life Bible
He won the war against Moab. And the Moabites were made to work for David, bringing taxes to him.
New Revised Standard
He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became subject to David and brought tribute.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he smote Moab, - and the Moabites became servants to David, bearers of a present.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites were made David’s servants, and brought him gifts.
Revised Standard Version
And he defeated Moab, and the Mo'abites became servants to David and brought tribute.
Young's Literal Translation
and he smiteth Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present.
THE MESSAGE
He also fought and defeated Moab. The Moabites came under David's rule and paid regular tribute.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

Contextual Overview

1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines. 2 And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings. 3 Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages. 5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans. 6 Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went. 7 And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem. 8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

He smote: Numbers 24:17, Judges 3:29, Judges 3:30, 2 Samuel 8:2, Psalms 60:8, Isaiah 11:14

brought gifts: 1 Samuel 10:27, 1 Kings 10:2, 1 Kings 10:25, 2 Kings 3:4, 2 Kings 3:5, Psalms 68:29, Psalms 68:30, Psalms 72:8-10, Isaiah 16:1

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 1:1 - Moab 1 Chronicles 18:6 - became David's

Cross-References

Genesis 18:3
And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:
Genesis 18:6
Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.
Genesis 18:7
And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;
Genesis 18:11
Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.
Genesis 18:16
And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.
Genesis 19:1
And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham got up and gave honour to the children of Heth, the people of that land.
Genesis 32:24
Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn.
Genesis 43:26
And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth before him.
Genesis 43:28
And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their faces before him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 18:2. Brought gifts — Were laid under tribute.


 
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