1 Chronicles 18

David’s Triumphs

¹And it came to pass after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its daughters from the hand of the Philistines.

²And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants of David, bringing tribute.

³And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath in his going to establish his hand by the river Euphrates. ⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand soldiers on foot, and David hamstrung all the chariots and left of them a hundred chariots.

⁵And the Aramaeans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram. ⁶And David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became servants of David, bearing tribute, and YHWH preserved David in all to which he went.

⁷And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of bronze with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, and the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

⁹And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, ¹⁰and he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask of him peace and to bless him, upon that he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him. For Hadadezer had been a man at war with Tou, and he had all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. ¹¹These also King David dedicated to YHWH, along with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations—from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

¹²And Abishai son of Zeruiah struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand. ¹³And He put in Edom garrisons, and all Edom became servants of David. And YHWH saved David in all to which he went.

David’s Officers

¹⁴And David reigned over all Israel, and it came to pass that he was doing judgment and justice to all his people.

¹⁵And Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

¹⁶and Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

¹⁷and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the chief ministers at the side of the king.