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1 Chronicles 18:4-6
New English Translation
1 Chronicles 18:4-6
New English Translation
4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers,[a] and 20,000 infantrymen . David cut the hamstrings of all but 100 of Hadadezer’s[b] chariot horses.[c] 5 The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans. 6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus;[d] the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected[e] David wherever he campaigned.[f]
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- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Or “horsemen.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 tc Heb “and David placed in Aram of Damascus.” The object נְצִיבִים (netsivim, “garrisons”) appears to have been accidentally omitted from the text. See v. 13, as well as the parallel passage in 2 Sam 8:6, which includes it.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 tn Or “delivered.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:6 tn Or “wherever he went.”
1 Chronicles 18:4-6
New International Version
1 Chronicles 18:4-6
New International Version
4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung(A) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus(B) came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. 6 He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought him tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
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