When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men. Sermons
Now after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines. If we have conquered an enemy we must hold the conquest as an illustration of the power of God rather than of the skill of our own might or hand. The idols which we bring away from the lands of darkness are to be set up in God's house, and are to mark points in the progress of Christian civilisation. They are to be regarded as indications of a universal conquest which Christ has yet to win over the nations of the whole world. If we have brought back spoils — such as art, music, or any form of pleasure by which the popular mind can be touched and moved in an upward direction — we are to remember that in all these spoils we are to see the Divine power, and not proofs of our own military genius.(J. Parker, D. D.) People Abiathar, Abimelech, Abishai, Ahilud, Ahimelech, Ahitub, Amalek, Amalekites, Ammonites, Aram, Benaiah, Cherethites, David, Edomites, Hadadezer, Hadarezer, Hadoram, Jehoiada, Jehoshaphat, Joab, Kerethites, Moabites, Pelethites, Shavsha, Solomon, Syrians, Tou, Zadok, ZeruiahPlaces Amalek, Cun, Damascus, Edom, Euphrates River, Gath, Hamath, Jerusalem, Moab, Syria, Tibhath, Valley of Salt, Zobah, Zobah-HamathTopics Aram, Aramaeans, Arameans, Damascus, David, Hadadezer, Hadade'zer, Hadarezer, Killed, Slew, Smiteth, Smote, Struck, Succor, Succour, Sword, Syrians, Thousand, Twenty, Twenty-two, ZobahOutline 1. David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites3. He smites Hadarezer and the Syrians 9. Tou sends Hadoram with presents to bless David 11. The presents and the spoil David dedicates to God 13. He put garrisons in Edom 14. David's officers Dictionary of Bible Themes 1 Chronicles 18:1-13Library The Sovereignty of God in Operation"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be the glory for ever. Amen" (Romans 11:36). Has God foreordained everything that comes to pass? Has He decreed that what is, was to have been? In the final analysis this is only another way of asking, Is God now governing the world and everyone and everything in it? If God is governing the world then is He governing it according to a definite purpose, or aimlessly and at random? If He is governing it according to some purpose, then … Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God Chronicles Links 1 Chronicles 18:5 NIV1 Chronicles 18:5 NLT 1 Chronicles 18:5 ESV 1 Chronicles 18:5 NASB 1 Chronicles 18:5 KJV 1 Chronicles 18:5 Bible Apps 1 Chronicles 18:5 Parallel 1 Chronicles 18:5 Biblia Paralela 1 Chronicles 18:5 Chinese Bible 1 Chronicles 18:5 French Bible 1 Chronicles 18:5 German Bible 1 Chronicles 18:5 Commentaries Bible Hub |