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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Chronicles 18 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/18.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/18-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 1 Chronicles 18</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/17.htm" title="1 Chronicles 17">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 18 <a href="../1_chronicles/19.htm" title="1 Chronicles 19">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/1_chronicles/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">David’s Military Victories</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath and its surrounding towns. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>David also conquered the land of Moab, and the Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, as far as Hamath,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he placed several army garrisons<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and Cun. Later Solomon melted the bronze and molded it into the great bronze basin called the Sea, the pillars, and the various bronze articles used at the Temple.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When King Toi<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>he sent his son Joram<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations—from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Abishai son of Zeruiah destroyed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He placed army garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> was the court secretary. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">h</span></a> And David’s sons served as the king’s chief assistants.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:6 </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Sam 8:6); Hebrew lacks </span><span class="it">several army garrisons.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Tibhath,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Tebah; compare parallel text at 2 Sam 8:8.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:9 </span><span class="ft">As in parallel text at 2 Sam 8:9; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Tou;</span><span class="ft"> also in 18:10.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:10 </span><span class="ft">As in parallel text at 2 Sam 8:10; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Hadoram,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Joram.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:16a </span><span class="ft">As in some Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac version, and Latin Vulgate (see also 2 Sam 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts read </span><span class="it">Abimelech.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:16b </span><span class="ft">As in parallel text at 2 Sam 8:17; Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">Shavsha.</span><br><span class="fn">h</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">18:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">of the Kerethites and Pelethites.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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