1 Chronicles 18
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. 2 And he
smote Moab; and the
Moabites became
David's servants, and
brought gifts. 3 And
David smote Hadarezer king of
Zobah unto
Hamath, as he
went to
stablish his
dominion by the
river Euphrates. 4 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. 5 And when the
Syrians of
Damascus came to
help Hadarezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the
Syrians two and
twenty thousand men. 6 Then
David put garrisons in
Syriadamascus; and the
Syrians became
David's servants, and
brought gifts. Thus the
LORD preserved David whithersoever he
went.
7 And
David took the
shields of
gold that were on the
servants of
Hadarezer, and
brought them to
Jerusalem. 8 Likewise 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. 9 Now when
Tou king of
Hamath heard how
David had
smitten all the
host of
Hadarezer king of
Zobah; 10 He
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. 11 Them 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. 12 Moreover
Abishai the
son of
Zeruiah slew of the
Edomites in the
valley of
salt eighteen thousand. 13 And he
put garrisons in
Edom; and all the
Edomites became
David's servants. Thus the
LORD preserved David whithersoever he
went.
14 So
David reigned over all
Israel, and
executed judgment and
justice among all his
people. 15 And
Joab the
son of
Zeruiah was over the
host; and
Jehoshaphat the
son of
Ahilud, recorder.
16 And
Zadok the
son of
Ahitub, and
Abimelech the
son of
Abiathar, were the
priests; and
Shavsha was
scribe;
17 And
Benaiah the
son of
Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the
sons of
David were
chief about the
king.