1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 5

1 Chronicles 18:5

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
1 Chronicles 18:5, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:5 in other translations

BSBWhen the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
WEBWhen the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
ASVAnd when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
YLTAnd Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men,
DARBYAnd the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
BBEAnd when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.
WebsterAnd when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

What does 1 Chronicles 18:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 18:4-8

4-8. And David took from him a thousand chariots--(See on 2Sa 8:3-14). In 2Sa 8:4 David is said to have taken seven hundred horsemen, whereas here it is said that he took seven thousand. This great discrepancy in the text of the two narratives seems to have originated with a transcriber in confounding the two Hebrew letters which indicate the numbers, and in neglecting to mark or obscure the points over one of them…

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1 Chronicles 18:5 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹא֙vai.ya.Vo'and it cameH935
אֲרַ֣ם'a.RamAramH758
דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקdar.Me.sekDamascusH1834
לַעְז֕וֹרla'.Zorto helpH5826
לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶרla.ha.dad.'E.zer<to> HadadezerH1928
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
צוֹבָ֑הtzo.VahZobahH6678
וַיַּ֤ךְvai.Yakhand he struck downH5221
דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
בַּאֲרָ֔םba.'a.Ramin AramH758
עֶשְׂרִֽים\־'es.rim-twentyH6242
וּשְׁנַ֥יִםu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
אִֽישׁ\׃'IshmanH376

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:5

  • Isaiah 8:9-10

    Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • 2 Samuel 8:5-6

    And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:6

    And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:3

    And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

  • 1 Kings 11:23-24

    And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

  • 1 Samuel 14:47

    So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Syrians.
2Sa 8:5,6; 1Ki 11:23,24
Damascus. Heb. Darmesek. to help.
Isa 8:9,10
Zobah.
3; 1Sa 14:47

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 18:4

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:5

    And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:6

    Then David put garrisons in Syria–damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

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1 Chronicles 18:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y viniendo los Siros de Damasco en ayuda de Adarezer rey de Soba, David hirió de los Siros veintidós mil hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours d’Hadarézer, roi de Tsoba; et David frappa 22 000 hommes des Syriens.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Syrer von Damaskus kamen, um Hadareser, dem König von Zoba, zu helfen; und David erschlug unter den Syrern 22000 Mann.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Supervenit autem et Syrus Damascenus, ut auxilium præberet Adarezer regi Soba: sed et hujus percussit David viginti duo millia virorum.