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1 Chronicles 18:1

Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns away from the Philistines.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gath;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Metheg-Ammah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Gath;   Metheg-Ammah;   Rabbah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Metheg-Ammah;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Gath;   Metheg-Ammah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Gath;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Methegammah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gath;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gath;   Metheg-Ammah;   Philistines;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After this, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its surrounding villages from Philistine control.
Hebrew Names Version
After this it happened, that David struck the Pelishtim, and subdued them, and took Gat and its towns out of the hand of the Pelishtim.
King James Version
Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
English Standard Version
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
New Century Version
Later, David defeated the Philistines, conquered them, and took the city of Gath and the small towns around it.
Amplified Bible
After this it came about that David defeated and subdued the Philistines, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
New American Standard Bible
Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
World English Bible
After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And after this Dauid smote the Philistims, & subdued them, and tooke Gath, and the villages thereof out of the hand of the Philistims.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.
Contemporary English Version
Later, David attacked and defeated the Philistines. He captured their town of Gath and the nearby villages.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Darby Translation
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later, David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. He took the town of Gath and the other small towns around it from the Philistines.
George Lamsa Translation
AND after these things it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and destroyed them, and took the power from the hand of the Philistines, and took Gath and the small villages that were round about it out of the hand of the Philistines.
Good News Translation
Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again and defeated them. He took out of their control the city of Gath and its surrounding villages.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened that after David struck the Philistines and subdued them, he captured Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
Literal Translation
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.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After this smote Dauid the Philistynes, and subdued them, and toke Gath & the vyllages therof out of the hande of the Philistynes.
American Standard Version
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And after this, it fortuned that Dauid smote the Philistines, & subdued them, and toke Geth and the townes that longed therto out of the handes of the Philistines.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
King James Version (1611)
Now after this, it came to passe, that Dauid smote the Philistines & subdued them, and tooke Gath, and her townes out of the hand of the Philistines.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it came to pass afterwards, that David smote the Philistines, and routed them, and took Geth and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
English Revised Version
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe it was doon aftir these thingis, that Dauid smoot Filisteis, and made hem lowe, and took awey Geth and vilagis therof fro the hond of Filisteis;
Update Bible Version
And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
Webster's Bible Translation
Now after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
New King James Version
2 Samuel 8:1-14">[xr] After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
New Living Translation
After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath and its surrounding towns.
New Life Bible
After this David won the war against the Philistines and put them under his power. He took Gath and its towns from the Philistines.
New Revised Standard
Some time afterward, David attacked the Philistines and subdued them; he took Gath and its villages from the Philistines.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it canto to pass, after this, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, - and took Gath and her villages, out of the hand of the Philistines.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass after this, that David defeated the Philistines, and humbled them, and took away Geth, and her daughters out of the hands of the Philistines,
Revised Standard Version
After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after this, that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and taketh Gath and its small towns out of the hand of the Philistines;
THE MESSAGE
In the days that followed, David struck hard at the Philistines, bringing them to their knees, captured Gath, and took control of the surrounding countryside.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.

Contextual Overview

1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns away from the Philistines. 2 He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute. 3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority to the Euphrates River. 4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer's chariot horses. 5 The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans. 6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David's subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned. 7 David took the golden shields which Hadadezer's servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 From Tibhath and Kun, Hadadezer's cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the pillars, and other bronze items.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 2964, bc 1040, An, Ex, Is, 451

after this: 2 Samuel 8:1, 2-18

Gath: 1 Samuel 5:8, 1 Samuel 27:4, 2 Samuel 1:20, 2 Samuel 8:1, Metheg-ammah

Reciprocal: Joshua 11:22 - only in Gaza Judges 13:5 - begin 2 Kings 12:17 - against Gath 2 Chronicles 11:8 - Gath 2 Chronicles 26:6 - the wall of Gath Psalms 60:8 - Moab

Cross-References

Genesis 12:7
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord , who had appeared to him.
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."
Genesis 17:22
When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.
Genesis 18:3
He said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant.
Genesis 26:2
The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you.
Genesis 48:3
Jacob said to Joseph, "The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me.
Exodus 4:1
Moses answered again, "And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you'?"
2 Chronicles 1:7
That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you."
Acts 7:2
So he replied, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gath and her towns - In Samuel, Methegammah (see the marginal reference note).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XVIII

David smites the Philistines, and takes Gath, 1.

Reduces the Moabites, 2.

Vanquishes Hadarezer, king of Zobah, 3, 4.

Overcomes the Syrians of Damascus, and takes several of their

cities, 5-8.

Tou, king of Hamath, congratulates him on his victory, and

sends him vessels of silver, gold, and brass, 9, 10.

Those and the different spoils he had taken from the conquered

nations, he dedicates to God, 11.

Abishai defeats the Edomites, 12, 13.

David reigns over all Israel, 14.

His officers, 15-17.

NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII

Verse 1 Chronicles 18:1. David - took Gath and her towns — See the comparison between this chapter and 2 Samuel 8:1, &c., in the notes on the latter.


 
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