1 Chronicles 18:2

1 Chronicles 18:2

David’s Further Conquests

1 After this ^ait came to pass that David attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.

2 Then he¹ defeated ^aMoab, and the Moabites became David’s ^bservants, and brought tribute.

3 And ^aDavid defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates.

4 David took from him one thousand chariots,¹ seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David² hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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he smote Moab—The terrible severities by which David's conquest of that people was marked, and the probable reason of their being subjected to such a dreadful retribution, are narrated (II Samuel 8:2).

the Moabites . . . brought gifts—that is, became tributary to Israel.

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