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Complete Jewish Bible

1 Chronicles 18:5

When the people of Aram from Dammesek came to the aid of Hadar‘ezer king of Tzovah, David killed 22,000 men of Aram.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hadadezer;   Moabites;   Syria;   Zobah;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Rabbah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Damascus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Damascus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hadadezer ;   Zoba, Zobah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hadadezer;   Zobah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Damascus;   Succor;   Zobah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Damascus;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.
Hebrew Names Version
When the Aram of Dammesek came to help Hadad`ezer king of Tzovah, David struck of the Aram twenty-two thousand men.
King James Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
English Standard Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
New Century Version
Arameans from Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
New English Translation
The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.
Amplified Bible
When the Arameans (Syrians) of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.
New American Standard Bible
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
World English Bible
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the Aramites of Damascus to succour Hadarezer King of Zobah, but Dauid slewe of the Aramites two and twentie thousand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 men of the Arameans.
Berean Standard Bible
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
Contemporary English Version
When troops from the Syrian kingdom of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
Darby Translation
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Arameans from the city of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah. But David defeated and killed 22,000 Aramean soldiers.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the Edomites and the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Nisibin, David slew of the Edomites twenty-two thousand men.
Good News Translation
When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.
Lexham English Bible
And when the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram.
Literal Translation
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer the king of Zobah, then David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the Syrias came from Damascon, to helpe Hadad Eser the kynge of Zoba. Howbeit Dauid smote two & twentie thousande of the same Syrians,
American Standard Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Bible in Basic English
And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the Syrians of Damascon came to helpe Hadarezer king of Zoba, Dauid slue of the Syrians twentie and two thousande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the Arameans of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Arameans two and twenty thousand men.
King James Version (1611)
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to helpe Hadarezer king of Zobah, Dauid slew of the Syrians two and twentie thousand men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Syrian came from Damascus to help Adraazar king of Suba; and David smote of the Syrian army twenty and two thousand men.
English Revised Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe also Sirus of Damask cam aboue, to yyue help to Adadezer, kyng of Soba, but Dauid smoot also of hise two and twenti thousynde of men;
Update Bible Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
New King James Version
When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
New Living Translation
When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
New Life Bible
The Syrians of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah. But David killed 22,000 of the Syrian men.
New Revised Standard
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand Arameans.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians, twenty-two thousand men.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Syrians of Damascus came also to help Adarezer king of Soba: and David slew of them likewise two and twenty thousand men.
Revised Standard Version
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadade'zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
Young's Literal Translation
And Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men,
THE MESSAGE
When the Arameans from Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of them. David set up a puppet government in Aram-Damascus. The Arameans became subjects of David and were forced to bring tribute. God gave victory to David wherever he marched.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 men of the Arameans.

Contextual Overview

1 Some time afterwards, David attacked the P'lishtim and subdued them; David took Gat and its villages out of the hands of the P'lishtim. 2 He also defeated Mo'av, so that the people of Mo'av became subjects of David and paid tribute. 3 David, on his way to establish his dominion as far as the Euphrates River, also defeated Hadar‘ezer king of Tzovah near Hamat. 4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers. He reserved enough horses for 100 chariots and disabled the rest. 5 When the people of Aram from Dammesek came to the aid of Hadar‘ezer king of Tzovah, David killed 22,000 men of Aram. 6 Then David put [garrisons] among the people of Aram in Dammesek; Aram became subject to David and paid tribute. Adonai gave victory to David wherever he went. 7 David took the gold shields which Hadar‘ezer's servants were wearing and brought them to Yerushalayim. 8 From Tivchat and Kun, cities of Hadar‘ezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze, which Shlomo used to make the bronze "Sea," the columns and various bronze articles.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Syrians: 2 Samuel 8:5, 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 11:23, 1 Kings 11:24

Damascus: Heb. Darmesek

to help: Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10

Zobah: 1 Chronicles 18:3, 1 Samuel 14:47

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:16 - Hadarezer 2 Kings 14:28 - Damascus Isaiah 17:1 - Damascus Ezekiel 47:16 - Damascus

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look here, I have two daughters who are virgins. Please, let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them what seems good to you; but don't do anything to these men, since they are guests in my house."
Genesis 33:10
Ya‘akov said, "No, please! If now I have won your favor, then accept my gift. Just seeing your face has been like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me.
Judges 6:18
Please don't leave until I go and return with a gift and present it to you." He replied, "I'll wait till you come back."
Judges 13:15
Manoach said to the angel of Adonai , "Please stay with us a bit longer, so that we can cook a young goat for you."
Judges 19:5
On the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he prepared to leave. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "You'll feel better if you have a bite of food before you leave."
Psalms 104:15
wine that gladdens the human heart, oil to make faces glow, and food to sustain their strength.
Isaiah 3:1
For see! The Lord, Adonai -Tzva'ot, will remove from Yerushalayim and Y'hudah every kind of support — all reserves of food and water;
Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need today.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".


 
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