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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.  
5 When the aSyrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.  
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Also from1 Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of abronze, with which bSolomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.  
9 Now when1 Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,  
10 he sent1 Hadoram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of aarticles of gold, silver, and bronze.  
11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the apeople of Ammon, from the bPhilistines, and from cAmalek.  
12 Moreover aAbishai the son of Zeruiah killed beighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.  
13 aHe also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.  
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I & II Chronicles

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them "words of days," that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, "of things omitted," that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, etc., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of "the Word of God" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare II Chronicles 19:7 with I Peter 1:17; II Chronicles 24:19-21 with Matthew 23:32-35).

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