And (A)David [a]defeated [b]Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates. David took from him one thousand chariots, [c]seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David [d]hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

When the (B)Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Lit. struck
  2. 1 Chronicles 18:3 Heb. Hadarezer
  3. 1 Chronicles 18:4 seven hundred, 2 Sam. 8:4
  4. 1 Chronicles 18:4 crippled

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