1 Chronicles 18:7-11

18:7 David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried ¹  and brought them to Jerusalem. ²  18:8 From Tibhath ³  and Kun, ⁴  Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” ⁵  the pillars, and other bronze items.

18:9 When King Tou ⁶  of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ⁷  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁸  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁹  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ¹⁰  18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ¹¹  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ¹²  Edom, ¹³  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

[18:7]  ¹ tn Heb “which were upon the servants of Hadadezer.”

[18:7]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[18:8]  ³ tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[18:8]  ⁴ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”

[18:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.

[18:9]  ⁶ tn The name is spelled “Toi” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:9.

[18:10]  ⁷ tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.

[18:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”

[18:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[18:11]  ¹¹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

[18:11]  ¹² tn Heb “from.”

[18:11]  ¹³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac of 2 Sam 8:12 read “Edom” in agreement with 1 Chr 18:11 (cf. 2 Sam 8:14).