1 Chronicles 18:3

18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

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

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David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

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

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

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. seven: or, seven hundred

What does 1 Chronicles 18:3 mean?

1 Chronicles 18:3 is a verse in the book of 1 Chronicles, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include דָּוִד (Dâvid), נָכָה (nâkâh), הֲדַרְעֶזֶר (Hădarʻezer). It connects to 3 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And

DavidדָּוִדDâvid/daw-veed'/H1732David, the youngest son of Jesse

smoteנָכָהnâkâh/naw-kaw'/H5221to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

HadarezerהֲדַרְעֶזֶרHădarʻezer/had-ar-eh'-zer/H1928Hadarezer, a Syrian king

kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king

ZobahצוֹבָאTsôwbâʼ/tso-baw'/H6678Zoba or Zobah, a region of Syria

unto

Hamath,חֲמָתChămâth/kham-awth'/H2574Chamath, a place in Syria

wentיָלַךְyâlak/yaw-lak'/H3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)

stablishנָצַבnâtsab/naw-tsab'/H5324to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

his

dominionיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

the

riverנָהָרnâhâr/naw-hawr'/H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity

Euphrates.פְּרָתPᵉrâth/per-awth'/H6578Perath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East

Hadarezer:

or,

Hadadezer

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18:3

HENRY_FULL · 1 Chronicles 18:3

"12" What the mighty men did towards making David king we read in the foregoing chapter. Here we are told what the many did towards it. It was not all at once, but gradually, that David ascended the throne. His kingdom was to last; and therefore, like fruits that keep longest, it ripened slowly. After he had long waited for the vacancy of the throne, it was at two steps and those above seven years distant, that he ascended it. Now we are here told, I. What help came in to him to Ziklag, to make him king of Judah, ver. 1-22 . II. What help came in to him in Hebron, to make him king over all Israel, above seven years after, ver. 23-40 .

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Judges 3:15

But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand

Judges 20:16

Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.

1 Samuel 17:49

And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.

Topics

Hadadezer Moabites Zobah

People & places in this verse

People

David

Places

Euphrates River

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with 1 Chronicles 18:3.

1 Chronicles 18:9

Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; Tou: also called, Toi

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. Damascus: Heb. Darmesek

Numbers 22:23

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

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What does 1 Chronicles 18:3 say?

1 Chronicles 18:3 (King James Version) reads: "And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. Hadarezer: or, Hadadezer"

Is 1 Chronicles 18:3 in the Old or New Testament?

1 Chronicles 18:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 1 Chronicles.

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