1 Chronicles 18

New King James Version

David’s Further Conquests^(A)

18 After this^(B)it came to pass that David^[a]attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.² Then he^[b]defeated^(C)Moab, and the Moabites became David’s^(D)servants,andbrought tribute.

³ And^(E)David^[c]defeated^[d]Hadadezer king of Zobahas far asHamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.⁴ David took from him one thousand chariots,^[e]seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David^[f]hamstrung all the chariothorses,except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

⁵ When the^(F)Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.⁶ Then David putgarrisonsin Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants,andbrought tribute. So theLordpreserved David wherever he went.⁷ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.⁸ Also from^[g]Tibhath and from^[h]Chun, cities of^[i]Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of^(G)bronze, with which^(H)Solomon made the bronze^[j]Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

⁹ Now when^[k]Tou king of Hamath heard that David had^[l]defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,¹⁰ he sent^[m]Hadoram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and^[n]defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); andHadoram brought with himall kinds of^(I)articles of gold, silver, and bronze.¹¹ King David also dedicated these to theLord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from allthesenations—from Edom, from Moab, from the^(J)people of Ammon, from the^(K)Philistines, and from^(L)Amalek.

¹² Moreover^(M)Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed^(N)eighteen thousand^[o]Edomites in the Valley of Salt.^13 (O)He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And theLordpreserved David wherever he went.

David’s Administration^(P)

¹⁴ So David reigned over all Israel, and administered judgment and justice to all his people.¹⁵ Joab the son of Zeruiahwasover the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahiludwasrecorder;¹⁶ Zadok the son of Ahitub and^[p]Abimelech the son of Abiatharwerethe priests;^[q]Shavshawasthe scribe;^17 (Q)Benaiah the son of Jehoiadawasover the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sonswere^[r]chief ministers at the king’s side.