1 Chronicles 18:1
CHAPTER XVIII David smites the Philistines, and takes Gath, 1. Reduces the Moabites, 2. Vanquishes Hadarezer, king of Zobah, 3, 4. Overcomes the Syrians of Damascus, and takes several of their cities, 5-8. Tou, king of Hamath, congratulates him on his victory, and sends him vessels of silver, gold, and brass, 9, 10. Those and the different spoils he had taken from the conquered nations, he dedicates to God, 11. Abishai defeats the Edomites, 12, 13. David reigns over all Israel, 14. His officers, 15-17. NOTES ON CHAP. XVIII Verse 1. David-took Gath and her towns] See the comparison between this chapter and 2Sa 8:1, &c., in the notes on the latter.
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