1 Chronicles 18
About 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, focusing on David and the worship of God.
1Now 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.Selected1 Chronicles 18:1Ask
2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.Selected1 Chronicles 18:2Ask
3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.Selected1 Chronicles 18:3Ask
4And 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.Selected1 Chronicles 18:4Ask
5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.Selected1 Chronicles 18:5Ask
6Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.Selected1 Chronicles 18:6Ask
7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.Selected1 Chronicles 18:7Ask
8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.Selected1 Chronicles 18:8Ask
9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;Selected1 Chronicles 18:9Ask
10He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.Selected1 Chronicles 18:10Ask
11Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.Selected1 Chronicles 18:11Ask
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.Selected1 Chronicles 18:12Ask
13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.Selected1 Chronicles 18:13Ask
14So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.Selected1 Chronicles 18:14Ask
15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.Selected1 Chronicles 18:15Ask
16And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;Selected1 Chronicles 18:16Ask
17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.Selected1 Chronicles 18:17Ask
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