1st Chronicles Chapter 18 verse 3 Holy Bible
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.
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And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Hadarezer; in the parallel places, Hadadezer; though our present form is found both in Samuel (e.g. 2 Samuel 10:16) and in other places in Chronicles, yet in all these places some manuscripts show Hadadezer (see Gesenius, 'Lexicon,' sub voce). Zobah. Part of Syria, east of Hamath, and for the most part of Coelo-Syria, north of Damascus, and stretching in the direction of the Euphrates. Possibly it is one with Ptolemy's Zake (1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:3-10; 2 Samuel 10:9; 1 Kings 11:23-25). Hamath. In the valley of the Orontes, the northern boundary of the Holy Land. It is traceable from the time of the Exodus (Genesis 10:18; Numbers 13:21; Numbers 34:8) to that of the Prophet Amos (Amos 6:12). Though in Zobah, it is probably not the Hamath-Zobah of 2 Samuel 8:3. To stablish his dominion. In the parallel place, "to restore," i.e., no doubt, to endeavour to do so, and that against the growing force of David. He had already suffered at the hand of Saul (1 Samuel 14:47, 48).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Hadarezer.--Samuel, "Hadadezer" (Hadad is help), which is correct. Hadad was a Syrian god, identical with Dadda (Rimmon), worshipped from the Euphrates to Edom and North Arabia. Comp. the royal names Benhadad and Abdadad (i.e., servant of Hadad, like Obadiah, servant of Iahu), which last occurs on Syrian coins, and the Notes on 2Kings 5:18; 1Chronicles 1:46. Samuel adds. "son of Rehob."Zobah unto Hamath.--Rather, Zobah towards Hamath. The word (H?math?h; not in Samuel) defines the position of Zobah. (Comp. 2Samuel 8:8; Ezekiel 47:16.) The town of Zobah lay somewhere near Emesa (Horns), and not far from the present Yabr-d, north-east of Damascus. (The Assyrian monarch Assurbanipal mentions the towns of Yabrudu and Cubiti--i.e., Zobah--in his Annals.) Its kings are spoken of in 1Samuel 14:47. Hadadezer appears to have brought the whole country under a single sceptre. . . .
