1 Chronicles 18:7
in 1 Chronicles 18And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
KJV
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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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 the shields of gold
on 1 Chronicles 18:7-11
Where 2 Samuel simply records that David dedicated the gold and silver, Chronicles adds a detail forward-looking to the temple: the brass taken from Tibhath and Chun, Hadarezer's cities, is named at verse 8 as the very brass wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. The spoils of Zobah, Hamath, Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines and Amalek all funnel into one dedication at verse 11, so the chapter reads David's wars as a supply line for a temple he will not live to build. Tou of Hamath's embassy through his son Hadoram folds foreign homage into the same offering.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| דָּוִ֗יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שִׁלְטֵ֣י | shiltei | [the] shields of | H7982 → | |
| הַזָּהָ֔ב | hazahav | <the> gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| הָי֔וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַבְדֵ֣י | ʾavdei | [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶר | hadadazer | Hadadezer | H1928 → | 12 times |
| וַיְבִיאֵ֖ם | vayviem | and he brought them | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
דָּוִ֗ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
שִׁלְטֵ֣י[the] shields of
shilteiH7982 →
הַזָּהָ֔ב<the> gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
הָי֔וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
עַבְדֵ֣י[the] servants of
ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times
הֲדַדְעָ֑זֶרHadadezer
hadadazerH1928 →12 times
וַיְבִיאֵ֖םand he brought them
vayviemH935 →2568 times
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Jerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.