1 Chronicles 19:18
in 1 Chronicles 19But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
KJV
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men--(Compare 2Sa 10:18, which has seven hundred chariots). Either the text in one of the books is corrupt [KEIL, DAVIDSON], or the accounts must be combined, giving this result--seven thousand horsemen, seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen [KENNICOTT, HOUBIGANT, CALMET].
This site's exposition
they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians
on 1 Chronicles 19:16-18
Defeat does not end the war for Hadarezer's Syrians; they summon reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates under Shophach, and David himself crosses Jordan to meet them, the king now taking the field he had left to Joab in the first battle. The second rout is total and Shophach dies with it; Chronicles counts seven thousand men fighting from chariots where 2 Samuel 10:18 counts seven hundred chariots, a discrepancy Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note without settling, some combining the two counts and others treating one text as corrupted. The two numbers stand as they were transmitted, neither preferred over the other.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
); they lost 7000 men, who are said to be the men of 700 chariots, 2 Sam. x. For, as now in a man of war for sea-service they allot ten men to a gun, so then, in land-service, ten men to a chariot.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Forty thousand footmen - See this number accounted for in the note on 2Sa 10:18 (note).
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֣נָס | vaiyanos | and it fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| אֲרָם֮ | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֣י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג | vaiyaharog | and he killed | H2026 → | 167 times |
| דָּוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מֵאֲרָ֗ם | mearam | of Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֤ת | shivat | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| אֲלָפִים֙ | ʾalafim | thousand<s> | H505 → | 505 times |
| רֶ֔כֶב | rekhev | charioteer[s] | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים | vearbaim | and forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| אֶ֖לֶף | ʾelef | thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| אִ֣ישׁ | ʾish | man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| רַגְלִ֑י | ragli | on foot | H7273 → | |
| וְאֵ֛ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שׁוֹפַ֥ךְ | shofakh | Shophach | H7780 → | |
| שַֽׂר־ | sar- | [the] commander of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| הַצָּבָ֖א | hatzava' | the army | H6635 → | 485 times |
| הֵמִֽית׃ | hemit | he killed | H4191 → | 839 times |
וַיָּ֣נָסand it fled
vaiyanosH5127 →159 times
אֲרָם֮Aram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
מִלִּפְנֵ֣יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
יִשְׂרָאֵל֒Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיַּהֲרֹ֨גand he killed
vaiyaharogH2026 →167 times
דָּוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
מֵאֲרָ֗םof Aram
mearamH758 →143 times
שִׁבְעַ֤תseven
shivatH7651 →394 times
אֲלָפִים֙thousand<s>
ʾalafimH505 →505 times
רֶ֔כֶבcharioteer[s]
rekhevH7393 →119 times
וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםand forty
vearbaimH705 →136 times
אֶ֖לֶףthousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
אִ֣ישׁman
ʾishH376 →1663 times
רַגְלִ֑יon foot
ragliH7273 →
וְאֵ֛תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
שׁוֹפַ֥ךְShophach
shofakhH7780 →
שַֽׂר־[the] commander of
sar-H8269 →421 times
הַצָּבָ֖אthe army
hatzava'H6635 →485 times
הֵמִֽית׃he killed
hemitH4191 →839 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 18:32It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.
it leads to
- Isaiah 45:5
I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- 2 Samuel 22:33
God is my strong fortress and He makes my way clear.
- Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- Psalms 91:2
I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
- Isaiah 45:5
Through
Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Jeremiah 16:19
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in the day of distress, the nations will come to You from the ends of the earth, and they will say, “Our fathers inherited nothing…
- Deuteronomy 33:27
Through
Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
it leads to
- Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…
- Psalms 44:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; 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.