1 Chronicles 18:1-8
WAR WITH THE PHILISTINES, MOABITES, AND SYRIANS... [ Continue Reading ]
WAR WITH THE PHILISTINES, MOABITES, AND SYRIANS... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, over whom he had already gained two victories, 1 Chronicles 14:8, AND SUBDUED THEM, AND TOOK GATH AND HER TOWNS, one of the five Philistine city-states, OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE PHILISTINES.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he smote Moab, the heathen nation southeast of the Dead Sea; AND THE MOABITES BECAME DAVID'S SERVANTS, his tributary vassals, AND BROUGHT GIFTS. Cf 2 Samuel 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David smote Hadarezer (or Hadadezer), KING OF ZOBAH, UNTO, rather, toward, HAMATH, his territory lying north or northeast of Damascus, AS HE WENT TO STABLISH HIS DOMINION BY THE RIVER EUPHRATES, in an effort to get the supremacy of the Syrian states.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. The apparent discrepancy between this statement and that of 2 Samuel 8:4 is due to the fact that in the latter passage the Hebrew text is a trifle corrupt. DAVID ALSO HOUGHED ALL THE CHARIOT HORSES,... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the Syrians of Damascus, who now held the supremacy in the Syrian countries, CAME TO HELP HADAREZER, KING OF ZOBAH, DAVID SLEW OF THE SYRIANS, in defeating their army utterly, TWO AND TWENTY THOUSAND MEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus, as in a tributary country. AND THE SYRIANS BECAME DAVID'S SERVANTS AND BROUGHT GIFTS, regular tribute money. THUS THE LORD PRESERVED DAVID WHITHERSOEVER HE WENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David took the shields, the arms or equipments, OF GOLD THAT WERE ON THE SERVANTS OF HADAREZER, with which his soldiers were equipped, AND BROUGHT THEM TO JERUSALEM, into the treasury of the Sanctuary.... [ Continue Reading ]
Likewise from Tibbath (probably Tebah) AND FROM CHUN, CITIES OF HADAREZER, towns through which the main caravan road to the Euphrates ran, BROUGHT DAVID VERY MUCH BRASS, WHEREWITH SOLOMON MADE THE BRAZEN SEA, AND THE PILLARS, AND THE VESSELS OF BRASS, 1 Kings 7:15. Thus the kingdom of David was exte... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, when Tou, king of Ramath, a province in the extreme north, on the Orontes, HEARD HOW DAVID HAD SMITTEN ALL THE HOST OF HADAREZER, KING OF ZOBAH,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EDOMITES SUBDUED... [ Continue Reading ]
he sent Hadoram (or Joram), HIS SON, TO KING DAVID, TO ENQUIRE OF HIS WELFARE, with the usual greeting of peace, AND TO CONGRATULATE HIM, with the blessings of good wishes, BECAUSE HE HAD FOUGHT AGAINST HADAREZER AND SMITTEN HIM, (FOR HADAREZER, desiring the supremacy over the entire surrounding cou... [ Continue Reading ]
Them also King David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations, set aside for the use of the Lord in the treasury of the Sanctuary: FROM EDOM, AND FROM MOAB, AND FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, whose territory was northeast of the Dead Sea, AND FROM THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, slew of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, at the southwestern end of the Dead Sea, EIGHTEEN THOUSAND. They had ventured an attack upon Judah in the absence of David, while he was in the north, but were decisively defeated before they had done any harm.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants, his tributary vassals. Cf 2 Samuel 8:14. THUS THE LORD PRESERVED DAVID WHITHERSOEVER HE WENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
So David, in consequence of all these successful wars, REIGNED OVER ALL ISRAEL, AND EXECUTED JUDGMENT, in deciding all matters brought before him, and justice, in sentencing the unjust, AMONG ALL HIS PEOPLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the host, the commander-in-chief of the army; AND JEHOSHAPHAT, THE SON OF AHILUD, RECORDER, chancellor of the kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazar, AND ABIMELECH, THE SON OF ABIATHAR, of Ithamar's line, WERE THE PRIESTS; AND SHAVSHA (or Seraiah) WAS SCRIBE, secretary of state;... [ Continue Reading ]
and Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, the body-guard of the king; AND THE SONS OF DAVID WERE CHIEF ABOUT THE KING, his privy councilors, 2 Samuel 8:18. David is a type and example for all believers. Like him, they work and battle all their lives for the exten... [ Continue Reading ]