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Green's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 18:2

And he struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing a tribute.

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.
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 happened, after this, that David struck the Philistines, and humbled them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he struck Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing a tribute. 3 And David struck Hadarezer the king of Zobah at Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the Euphrates River; 4 and David captured from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses , but left of them a hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer the king of Zobah, then David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians. 6 And David placed men in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David, bringing a tribute. And Jehovah preserved David wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David brought very much bronze (with it Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of bronze).

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 he said, My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, I beg You, do not leave from near Your servant.
Genesis 18:6
And Abraham ran into the tent to Sarah and said, Hurry, prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it and make cakes.
Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran to the herd and brought a son of the herd, tender and good, and gave it to a youth. And he hurried to prepare it .
Genesis 18:11
And Abraham and Sarah were aged, going on in days. The custom as to women had ceased to be to Sarah.
Genesis 18:16
And the men rose up from there and looked on the face of Sodom. And Abraham was going with them, to send them away.
Genesis 19:1
And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth.
Genesis 23:7
And Abraham rose up and bowed himself to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth.
Genesis 32:24
And Jacob was left alone. And a Man wrestled with him until the ascending of the dawn.
Genesis 43:26
And Joseph came into the house. And they brought the present in their hand to him, into the house. And they bowed to him, to the earth.
Genesis 43:28
And they said, Peace is to your servant, to our father; he still lives. And they fell down and bowed.

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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