When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
Parallel translations
- KJV And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- BSB When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- NKJV When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
- NASB When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
- NLT When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
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When the Syrians of Damascus aid Hadadezer, David strikes down twenty-two thousand of them. It shows God granting victory even against reinforcing armies.
Overview
The Arameans of Damascus come to Hadadezer's aid but are decisively defeated by David. The Chronicler emphasizes the scale of the victory as a mark of divine favor. These triumphs serve the larger story of God establishing his anointed king, a pattern fulfilled when God exalts Christ over every power.
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- Isa 8:9–10Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
- 2 Sam 8:5–6When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
- 1 Chr 19:6When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
- 1 Chr 18:3David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
- 1 Kgs 11:23–24God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
- 1 Sam 14:47Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
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