1 Chronicles 18 · Verse 6

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.
1 Chronicles 18:6, King James Version

1 Chronicles 18:6 in other translations

BSBThen he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
WEBThen David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
ASVThen David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
YLTand David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and Jehovah giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone.
DARBYAnd David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
BBEThen David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
WebsterThen David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

What does 1 Chronicles 18:6 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 18:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיָּ֤שֶׂםvai.Ya.semand he putH7760
דָּוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
בַּאֲרַ֣םba.'a.Ramin AramH758
דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקdar.Me.sekDamascusH1834
וַיְהִ֤יvay.Hiand it becameH1961
אֲרָם֙'a.RamAramH758
לְדָוִ֔ידle.da.Vidof DavidH1732
עֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimsubjectsH5650
נֹשְׂאֵ֣יno.se.'Eibearers ofH5375
מִנְחָ֑הmin.ChahtributeH4503
וַיּ֤וֹשַׁעvai.Yo.o.sha'and he gave victoryH3467
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְדָוִ֔ידle.da.Vidto DavidH1732
בְּכֹ֖לbe.Kholin everyH3605
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhereH834
הָלָֽךְ\׃ha.Lakhhe wentH1980

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 18:6

  • Psalms 18:43-44

    Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.

  • Psalms 121:8

    The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:8

    And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • Proverbs 21:31

    The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:2

    And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
became David's.
2; Ps 18:43,44
Thus the Lord.
17:8; Ps 121:8; Pr 21:31

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Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Chronicles 18:7

    And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

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1 Chronicles 18:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y puso David guarnición en Siria la de Damasco, y los Siros fueron hechos siervos de David, trayéndole presentes: porque Jehová salvaba á David donde quiera que iba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas, et les Syriens devinrent serviteurs de David: ils lui apportèrent des présents. Et l’ Éternel sauvait David partout où il allait.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und David legte Besatzungen in das damascenische Syrien; und die Syrer wurden David zu Knechten, welche Geschenke brachten. Und Jehova half David überall, wohin er zog.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et posuit milites in Damasco, ut Syria quoque serviret sibi, et offerret munera. Adjuvitque eum Dominus in cunctis ad quæ perrexerat.