1 Chronicles 18:1

David Conquers the Neighboring Nations

18:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns ¹  away from the Philistines. ² 

1 Chronicles 18:5

18:5 The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

1 Chronicles 20:5

20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, ³  whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. ⁴ 

[18:1]  ¹ tn 2 Sam 8:1 identifies this region as “Metheg Ammah.”

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “from the hand of the Philistines.” Here “hand” is figurative language for “control.”

[20:5]  ³ tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.

[20:5]  ⁴ tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.