1 Chronicles 18:6
in 1 Chronicles 18Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then 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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 18
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
In 2Sa 8:4 David is said to have taken seven hundred horsemen, whereas here it is said that he took seven thousand. This great discrepancy in the text of the two narratives seems to have originated with a transcriber in confounding the two Hebrew letters which indicate the numbers, and in neglecting to mark or obscure the points over one of them.
This site's exposition
took Gath and its villages
on 1 Chronicles 18:1-6
The wars summary runs parallel to 2 Sam 8:1-6: the Philistines and Gath, Moab made to pay tribute, and Hadadezer of Zobah. A refrain brackets the chapter: “So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went”. It stands at verse 6 and returns word for word at verse 13.
This site's exposition
placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus
David places garrisons in Damascus, and the Arameans pay him tribute. The verse then credits the LORD with David's wins wherever he went. Verse 13 repeats the line after the war with Edom, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read these wars beside 2 Samuel 8.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֤שֶׂם | vaiyasem | and he put | H7760 → | 584 times |
| דָּוִיד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בַּאֲרַ֣ם | baaram | in Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק | darmesek | Damascus | H1834 → | |
| וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi | and it became | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אֲרָם֙ | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| לְדָוִ֔יד | ledavid | of David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עֲבָדִ֖ים | ʾavadim | subjects | H5650 → | 799 times |
| נֹשְׂאֵ֣י | noseei | bearers of | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מִנְחָ֑ה | minchah | tribute | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע | vaiyoosha' | and he gave victory | H3467 → | 206 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְדָוִ֔יד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָלָֽךְ׃ | halakh | he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַיָּ֤שֶׂםand he put
vaiyasemH7760 →584 times
דָּוִיד֙David
davidH1732 →999 times
בַּאֲרַ֣םin Aram
baaramH758 →143 times
דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקDamascus
darmesekH1834 →
וַיְהִ֤יand it became
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
אֲרָם֙Aram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
לְדָוִ֔ידof David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
עֲבָדִ֖יםsubjects
ʾavadimH5650 →799 times
נֹשְׂאֵ֣יbearers of
noseeiH5375 →656 times
מִנְחָ֑הtribute
minchahH4503 →211 times
וַיּ֤וֹשַׁעand he gave victory
vaiyoosha'H3467 →206 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְדָוִ֔ידto David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
בְּכֹ֖לin every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָלָֽךְ׃he went
halakhH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:6
You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- Proverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Proverbs 2:8
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
- Psalms 113:2
Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
- Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…
- Deuteronomy 28:6
Through
Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
- Psalms 33:17–18
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
- Psalms 20:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.