1 Chronicles 18:1

And after this Dauid smote the Philistims, and subdued them, and tooke Gath, and the villages thereof out of the hand of the Philistims.

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In The King James Version

Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

In Context

2And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 7:14Also the cities which the Philistims had taken from Israel, were restored to Israel, from Ekron euen to Gath: and Israel deliuered the coastes of the same out of the hands of the Philistims: and there was peace betweene Israel and the Amorites.

2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath, nor publish it in the streetes of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistims reioyce, lest the daughters of the vncircumcised triumph.

2 Samuel 8:8And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king Dauid brought exceeding much brasse.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:1

David's piety and his prayer we had an account of in the foregoing chapter; here follows immediately that which one might reasonably expect, an account of his prosperity; for those that seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, as David did, shall have other things added to them as far as God sees good for them. Here is, I. His prosperity abroad. He conquered the Philistines ( ver. 1 ), the Moabites ( ver. 2 ), the king of Zobah ( ver. 3, 4 ), the Syrians ( ver. 5-8 ), made the king of Hamath… Read the whole commentary →

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