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title: 1 Chronicles 18
slug: kjv/1-chronicles-18
createdAt: 2024-08-18T03:25:13.184Z
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**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 inquire 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.