1 Chronicles 18:6

and David putteth [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and Jehovah giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

In Context

5And Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men,

7And David taketh the shields of gold that have been on the servants of Hadarezer, and bringeth them in to Jerusalem;

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Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:8and I am with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and I cut off all thine enemies from thy presence, and have made for thee a name like the name of the great ones who [are] in the earth.

Psalms 18:43Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance [is] of Jehovah!

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:2-9

David's Victories. ( b. c. 1042.) 1 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. 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the… Read the whole commentary →

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