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1 Chronicles 18:1 (KJV)

David Defeats His Enemies

1. 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.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:2 (KJV)


And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

 

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1 Chronicles 18: 3. Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:4 (KJV)


And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:5 (KJV)


And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:6 (ERV)
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought presents. And the LORD gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

 

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1 Chronicles 18: 7. And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:8 (NIV)


From Tebah and Kun, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:9 (NIV)


When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

 

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1 Chronicles 18: 10. He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:11 (NIV)


King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:12 (BSB)
Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:13 (NIV)


He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:14 (NIV)

David’s Officials

14. David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

 

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1 Chronicles 18: 15. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

 

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1 Chronicles 18:16 (NIV)


Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary;

 

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1 Chronicles 18:17 (NIV)


Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

 

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1 Chronicles 19:1 (KJV)
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

 

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1 Chronicles 19:2 (KJV)


And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

 

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1 Chronicles 19:3 (KJV)


But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? Are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?