1 Chronicles 18:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When troops from the Syrian kingdom of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 18:3

While King Hadadezer of Zobah was trying to gain control of the territory near the River Euphrates, David met him in battle at Hamath and defeated him.

1 Chronicles 18:4

David captured one thousand chariots, seven thousand chariot drivers, and twenty thousand soldiers. And he crippled all but one hundred of the horses.

1 Chronicles 18:6

Then David stationed some of his troops in Damascus, and the people there had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him. Everywhere David went, the LORD helped him win battles.

1 Chronicles 19:6

The Ammonites realized they had made David furious. So they paid thirty-four thousand kilogrammes of silver to hire chariot troops from Mesopotamia and from the Syrian kingdoms of Maacah and Zobah.

Psalm 60:2

You made the earth shake and split wide open; now heal its wounds and stop its trembling.

1 Samuel 14:47

When Saul became king, the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, the Philistines, and the Amalekites had all been robbing the Israelites. Saul fought back against these enemies and stopped them from robbing Israel. He was a brave commander and always won his battles.