5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.
5 When the Arameans from Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
5 When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18:5
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David's victories.
This chapter is the same as 2 Samuel 8. Our good fight of faith, under the Captain of our salvation, will end in everlasting triumph and peace. The happiness of Israel, through David's victories, and just government, faintly shadowed forth the happiness of the redeemed in the realms above.