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New King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:5

When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the people of Aram from Dammesek came to the aid of Hadar‘ezer king of Tzovah, David killed 22,000 men of Aram.
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 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 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. 2 Then he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought tribute. 3 And David defeated Hadadezer 1 Chronicles 18-19">[fn] king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand 2 Samuel 8:4)">[fn] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots. 5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from Tibhath 2 Samuel 8:8">[fn] and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

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
See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 33:10
And Jacob said, "No, please, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present from my hand, inasmuch as I have seen your face as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Judges 6:18
Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You." And He said, "I will wait until you come back."
Judges 13:15
Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You."
Judges 19:5
Then it came to pass on the fourth day that they arose early in the morning, and he stood to depart; but the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way."
Psalms 104:15
And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man's heart.
Isaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, Takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah The stock and the store, The whole supply of bread and the whole supply of water;
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 18:1".


 
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