1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 18:5–6

⁵When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men. ⁶Then he placed garrisons^b in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious^c wherever he went.

Footnotes

b 18:6 LXX and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 8:6|2SA 8:6and Syriac); Hebrew does not include garrisons.
c 18:6 Or the LORD saved David; also in verse 13

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1 Chronicles 18:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the Arameans	אֲרַ֣ם	’ă·ram	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
of Damascus	דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק	dar·me·śeq	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1834 Damascus
came	וַיָּבֹא֙	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to help	לַעְז֕וֹר	la‘·zō·wr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H5826 help, succour
King	מֶ֣לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
Hadadezer	לַהֲדַדְעֶ֖זֶר	la·hă·ḏaḏ·‘e·zer	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1909 Hadadezer
of Zobah	צוֹבָ֑ה	ṣō·w·ḇāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H6678 Zoba, Zobah
David	דָּוִיד֙	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
struck down	וַיַּ֤ךְ	way·yaḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5221 smite
twenty-two	עֶשְׂרִֽים־	‘eś·rîm-	Number - common plural	H6242 (a) twenty
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
of their men	אִֽישׁ׃	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man

1 Chronicles 18:6

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he	דָּוִיד֙	dā·wîḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
placed	וַיָּ֤שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
in Aram	בַּאֲרַ֣ם	ba·’ă·ram	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
of Damascus	דַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂק	dar·me·śeq	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1834 Damascus
and the Arameans	אֲרָם֙	’ă·rām	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H758 Aram
became	וַיְהִ֤י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
subject	עֲבָדִ֖ים	‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H5650 slave, servant
to David	לְדָוִ֔יד	lə·ḏā·wîḏ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and brought him	נֹשְׂאֵ֣י	nō·śə·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H5375 lift, take, carry
tribute	מִנְחָ֑ה	min·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4503 gift, tribute, offering
So the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
made David	לְדָוִ֔יד	lə·ḏā·wîḏ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
victorious	וַיּ֤וֹשַׁע	way·yō·wō·ša‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3467 deliver
wherever	בְּכֹ֖ל	bə·ḵōl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H3605 the whole, all
he went	הָלָֽךְ׃	hā·lāḵ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk

Cross-references

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1 Chronicles 18:5 1 Chronicles 19:6 · 2 Samuel 8:5–6 · Isaiah 8:9–10

1 Chronicles 18:6 1 Chronicles 17:8 · Proverbs 21:31 · Psalm 18:43–44 · Psalm 121:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.