1 Chronicles 18:2-4
New English Translation
2 He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.[a]
3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority[b] to the Euphrates River.[c] 4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers,[d] and 20,000 infantrymen . David cut the hamstrings of all but 100 of Hadadezer’s[e] chariot horses.[f]
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- 1 Chronicles 18:2 tn Heb “carriers of tribute,” i.e., tribute payers.
- 1 Chronicles 18:3 tn Heb “hand.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:3 tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Or “horsemen.”
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”
1 Chronicles 18:2-4
New International Version
2 David also defeated the Moabites,(A) and they became subject to him and brought him tribute.
3 Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah,(B) in the vicinity of Hamath, when he went to set up his monument at[a] the Euphrates River.(C) 4 David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung(D) all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
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- 1 Chronicles 18:3 Or to restore his control over
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