5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

Other Translations of 1 Chronicles 18:5

King James Version

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus Damascus: Heb. Darmesek came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

English Standard Version

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

The Message

5 When the Arameans from Damascus came to the aid of Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.

New King James Version

5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.

New Living Translation

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

Chapter Contents

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.