Thematic Bible
1 Chronicles 18:1 (show verse)
After this, David defeated and crushed the Philistines. He captured Gath and its surrounding villages from them.
1 Chronicles 18:2 (show verse)
He also defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's subjects and paid taxes to him.
1 Chronicles 18:3 (show verse)
David went to establish his control over the territory along the Euphrates River. He defeated King Hadadezer at Hamath.
1 Chronicles 18:4 (show verse)
David took one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but one hundred of their horses so that they could not pull chariots.
1 Chronicles 18:5 (show verse)
When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
1 Chronicles 18:6 (show verse)
David stationed troops in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus. The Arameans became his subjects and paid taxes to him. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.
1 Chronicles 18:7 (show verse)
David took the gold shields that Hadadezer's servants carried. He brought them to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 18:8 (show verse)
David also took a large quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer's cities. Later Solomon used it to make the pool, pillars, and utensils for the temple.
1 Chronicles 18:9 (show verse)
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Zobah's King Hadadezer,
1 Chronicles 18:10 (show verse)
he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and congratulate him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer. There had often been war between Hadadezer and Tou.
1 Chronicles 18:11 (show verse)
King David dedicated all the articles of gold, silver, and bronze to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold he had taken from other nations-from Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.
1 Chronicles 18:12 (show verse)
Zeruiah's son Abishai killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Dead Sea region.
1 Chronicles 18:13 (show verse)
He put troops in Edom, and all its people became David's subjects. Everywhere David went Jehovah gave him victories.
1 Chronicles 18:14 (show verse)
So David ruled all Israel. He did what was fair and right for all his people.
1 Chronicles 18:15 (show verse)
Zeruiah's son Joab was in charge of the army. Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was the royal historian.
1 Chronicles 18:16 (show verse)
Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Abimelech were priests. Shavsha was the royal scribe.
1 Chronicles 18:17 (show verse)
Jehoiada's son Benaiah was commander of the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were his main officials.