1 Chronicles 18:3

1 Chronicles 18:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
• New International Version (NIV)Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at the Euphrates River.
• English Standard Version (ESV)David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

Context of 1 Chronicles 18:3

1Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

1 Chronicles 18:3 word by word

וַיַּ֥ךְ דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־הֲדַדְעֶ֥זֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־צוֹבָ֖ה חֲמָ֑תָה בְּלֶכְתּ֕וֹ לְהַצִּ֥יב יָד֖וֹ בִּֽנְהַר־פְּרָֽת׃Read the interlinear

• Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• Hadarezerהֲדַרְעֶ֫זֶרhădar‛ezer · HadarezerH1928
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Zobahצוֹבָאtsôbâ' tsôbâh tsôbâh · ZobahH6678
• Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · (Zobah)-HamathH2574
• wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• establishנָצַבnâtsab · to standH5324
• dominionיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• riverנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• Euphratesפְּרָתperâth · EuphratesH6578

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 18:3

• 2 Samuel 8:3David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
• 1 Samuel 14:47So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he smote them .
• 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
• Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
• Genesis 15:18In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Exodus 23:31And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 18:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-13David conquered areas east of the Jordan River in stages. First, he took over Moab in the south, securing control of the plateau north of the Arnon River. His victory over the Aramean alliance led by Hadadezer resulted in an alliance with King Toi of Hamath, who was Hadadezer's enemy (1 Chronicles 18:9–11). After defeating Ammon and the Arameans east of the Jordan, David expanded his control over southern Edom and gained access to a southern seaport (1…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Hadarezer--or, "Hadadezer" (2Sa 8:3), which was probably the original form of the name, was derived from Hadad, a Syrian deity. It seems to have become the official and hereditary title of the rulers of that kingdom. Zobah--Its situation is determined by the words "unto" or "towards Hamath," a little to the northeast of Damascus, and is supposed by some to be the same place as in earlier times was called Hobah (Ge 14:15). Previous to the rise of…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 18:3

• Euphrates
• Hadadezer
• Hamath
• Moabites
• Zobah

In the dictionaries

• David
• Hamath
• Euphrates River, the River
• Euphrates
• Nahash
• Palestine
• Rabbah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hadadezer

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary