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1 Chronicles 18:5

When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

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.
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 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 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. 2 He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute. 3 David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots. 5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men. 6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went. 7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

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 virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
Judges 6:18
Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you. He said, I will wait until you come again.
Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.
Judges 19:5
It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young lady's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward you shall go your way.
Psalms 104:15
Wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengthens man's heart.
Isaiah 3:1
For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, 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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