KJV King James Version
Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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1 Chronicles 18:6
Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
WEB World English Bible
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.
ASV American Standard Version
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and Jehovah giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone.
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 18
3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
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וַיָּ֤שֶׂםH7760 · sumto set: makeדָּוִיד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidבַּאֲרַ֣םH758 · a.ramAramדַּרְמֶ֔שֶׂקH1834 · dam.me.seqDamascusוַיְהִ֤יH1961 · ha.yahto beאֲרָם֙H758 · a.ramAramלְדָוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidעֲבָדִ֖יםH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveנֹשְׂאֵ֣יH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseמִנְחָ֑הH4503 · min.chahofferingוַיּ֤וֹשַׁעH3467 · ya.sahto saveיְהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDלְדָוִ֔ידH1732 · da.vidDavidבְּכֹ֖לH3605 · kolallאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהָלָֽךְ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
Cross-references
Proverbs 21:31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.Psalm 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.1 Chronicles 17:8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that [are] in the earth.Psalm 18:43-44Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; [and] thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people [whom] I have not known shall serve me.1 Chronicles 18:2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, [and] brought gifts.
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