1 Chronicles 18:3

What does 1 Chronicles 18:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 18:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

At that time David defeated also Adarezer king of Soba of the land of Hemath, when he went to extend his dominions as far as the river Euphrates.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

Context

v.2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

v.3This passage

v.4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 8:3

    David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

  • 1 Samuel 14:47

    Now 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: and whithersoever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.

  • 2 Samuel 10:6

    And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

  • Genesis 15:18

    In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

  • Exodus 23:31

    And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the River: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand: and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

  • Psalms 60:1

    O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.

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