1 Tawarikh 18:9-17

18:9 When King Tou ¹  of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram ²  to King David to extend his best wishes ³  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁴  He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. ⁵  18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ⁶  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ⁷  Edom, ⁸  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

18:12 Abishai son of Zeruiah ⁹  killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 18:13 He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected ¹⁰  David wherever he campaigned. ¹¹ 

David’s Officials

18:14 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. ¹²  18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of ¹³  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary; 18:16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha ¹⁴  was scribe; 18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised ¹⁵  the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials. ¹⁶ 

[18:9]  ¹ tn The name is spelled “Toi” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:9.

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

[18:10]  ³ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[18:10]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”

[18:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

[18:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “from.”

[18:11]  ⁸ 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).

[18:12]  ⁹ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:13 attributes this victory to David.

[18:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “delivered.”

[18:13]  ¹¹ tn Or “wherever he went.”

[18:14]  ¹² tn Heb “and he was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

[18:15]  ¹³ tn Heb “over.”

[18:16]  ¹⁴ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:17 has the variant spelling “Seraiah.”

[18:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “[was] over.”

[18:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the sons of David [were] the heads at the hand of David.” The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:18 identifies them as “priests” (see sn there on the word “priests”).