1 Chronicles 18:5

American Standard Version

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

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1 Chronicles 18:5 in other translations

When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

1 Chronicles 18:5 · World English Bible

1 Chronicles 18:5 in context

  1. 3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
  2. 4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
  3. 5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
  4. 6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
  5. 7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.