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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 NIV</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><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="../">NIV</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/1_chronicles/18.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">David’s Victories</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to him and brought him tribute.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or to restore his control over">a</a></sup></span> the Euphrates River. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought him tribute. The <span class="name">Lord</span> gave David victory 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 took the gold shields carried by the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>From Tebah <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Tibhath, a variant of Tebah">b</a></sup></span> and Kun, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, David took a great quantity of bronze, which Solomon used to make the bronze Sea, the pillars and various bronze articles.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold, of silver and of 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 these articles to the <span class="name">Lord</span>, as he had done with the silver and gold he had taken from all these nations: Edom and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, 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 struck down eighteen thousand 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 put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The <span class="name">Lord</span> gave David victory wherever he went.</p> <p class="sectionhead">David’s Officials</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>David reigned over all Israel, doing 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 over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts Abimelek">c</a></sup></span> son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was secretary; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>to restore his control over</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>Tibhath,</i> a variant of <i>Tebah</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotebot">Some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts <i>Abimelek</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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