1 Chronicles 11:9

11:9 David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him. ¹ 

1 Chronicles 18:3

18:3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority ²  to the Euphrates River. ³ 

[11:9]  ¹ tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, Lord of hosts] was with him.”

[18:3]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.