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1 Crônicas 18

ARC · Chapter 18/29

1E depois d'isto aconteceu que David feriu os philisteos, e os abateu; e tomou a Gath, e os logares da sua jurisdicção, da mão dos philisteos.

2Tambem feriu os moabitas: e os moabitas ficaram servos de David, trazendo presentes.

3Tambem David feriu a Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba, junto a Hamath, indo elle estabelecer os seus dominios pelo Euphrates.

4E David lhe tomou mil cavallos de carros, e sete mil cavalleiros, e vinte mil homens de pé: e David jarretou todos os cavallos dos carros; porém reservou d'elles cem cavallos.

5E vieram os syros de Damasco a ajudar a Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba: porém dos syros feriu David vinte e dois mil homens.

6E David poz guarnições em Syria de Damasco, e os syros ficaram servos de David, trazendo presentes: e o Senhor guardava a David, por onde quer que ia.

7E tomou David os escudos de oiro, que tinham os servos de Hadar-ezer, e os trouxe a Jerusalem.

8Tambem de Tibhath, e de Chun, cidades de Hadar-ezer, tomou David muitissimo cobre, de que Salomão fez o mar de cobre, e as columnas, e os vasos de cobre.

9E ouvindo Tou, rei de Hamath, que David destruira todo o exercito de Hadar-ezer, rei de Zoba,

10Mandou seu filho Hadoram a David, para lhe perguntar como estava, e para o abençoar, por haver pelejado com Hadar-ezer, e o destruir (porque Hadar-ezer fazia guerra a Tou), enviando-lhe juntamente toda a sorte de vasos de oiro, e de prata, e de cobre.

11Os quaes David tambem consagrou ao Senhor, juntamente com a prata e oiro que trouxera de todas as mais nações: dos idumeos, e dos moabitas, e dos filhos de Ammon, e dos philisteos, e dos amalekitas.

12Tambem Abisai, filho de Zeruia, feriu a dezoito mil idumeos no Valle do Sal.

13E poz guarnição em Edom, e todos os idumeos ficaram servos de David: e o Senhor guardava a David, por onde quer que ia.

14E David reinou sobre todo o Israel: e fazia juizo e justiça a todo o seu povo.

15E Joab, filho de Zeruia, tinha cargo do exercito: e Josaphat, filho de Ahilud, era chanceller.

16E Zadok, filho de Ahitub, e Abimelech, filho de Abiathar, eram sacerdotes: e Sausa escrivão.

17E Benaias, filho de Joiada, tinha cargo dos cheretheos e peletheos: porém os filhos de David, os primeiros, estavam á mão do rei.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David conquers several neighboring nations — Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, Edomites — considerably expanding Israel's territory and wealth. He dedicates the spoils of war to the LORD and organizes his administration with trusted officials.

Explanation

This chapter serves as a summary of David's military conquests, showing Israel's political and territorial power at its peak under his rule. A spiritually significant detail is that David dedicates the conquered gold and silver to the LORD, rather than using it only for personal enrichment — these resources would later be used by Solomon in building the temple. The brief administrative summary at the end, listing the chief military and religious leaders, shows that a prosperous kingdom needs not only victories but also solid, dependable internal organization.

Fun facts

  • The simple summary 'David executed judgment and justice among all his people' is one of the most repeated phrases in the Bible as the gold standard of just leadership, later applied to other good kings of Judah as well.
  • The bronze taken from the conquered cities of Hadadezer, mentioned here, would later be used by Solomon to make the great 'bronze sea' and other temple furnishings, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 4.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 1 Crônicas 18:1After the promise of an eternal dynasty in the previous chapter, the book turns back to war: David attacks the Philistines and takes Gath, Goliath’s city, pulling it out of enemy control for good.
  2. 1 Crônicas 18:2The list of defeated peoples and tribute received — Moabites, Syrians, Edomites — shows David’s kingdom expanding fast in every direction, each victory yielding gifts and wealth that will later end up in the temple treasury.
  3. 1 Crônicas 18:3David also defeats Hadarezer, king of Zobah, at the very moment that king was trying to extend his rule as far as the Euphrates River — David cuts that expansion off at the root.
  4. 1 Crônicas 18:4David captures a thousand chariots, but hamstrings most of the horses, keeping only a hundred — fulfilling the law of Moses that forbade the king from stockpiling war horses.
  5. 1 Crônicas 18:5Syrians from Damascus come to help Hadarezer, but David kills twenty-two thousand of them — reinforcements that only make the enemy’s defeat worse.
  6. 1 Crônicas 18:6David sets up military garrisons in Syria, and the Syrians become tribute-paying servants — the same pattern of victory already seen with Moab.
  7. 1 Crônicas 18:7David takes the gold shields carried by Hadarezer’s servants and brings them to Jerusalem — one more war trophy put on display in the kingdom’s capital.
  8. 1 Crônicas 18:8David also takes a huge quantity of bronze from two of Hadarezer’s cities — the same bronze that, years later, Solomon will use to make the great bronze sea and the pillars of the temple.
  9. 1 Crônicas 18:9Tou, king of Hamath, hears that David has destroyed the entire army of Hadarezer, king of Zobah — news of the victory spreads even to kingdoms that were never directly part of the war.
  10. 1 Crônicas 18:10Tou sends his own son to David to congratulate him, since Hadarezer had also been at war with him — a diplomatic gesture of gratitude, complete with gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.
  11. 1 Crônicas 18:11David sets all of this apart — together with the gold and silver from Edom, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, and the Amalekites — as an offering consecrated to the LORD, setting material aside for an even bigger project down the road.
  12. 1 Crônicas 18:12Abishai, Joab’s brother, kills eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt — one more victory that extends David’s control southward.
  13. 1 Crônicas 18:13David sets up garrisons in Edom, and the Edomites also become servants — the same refrain repeats: ‘the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.’
  14. 1 Crônicas 18:14A summary of the reign so far: David governs all Israel, executing judgment and justice for all the people — he is not just a warrior king, he is also a just administrator.
  15. 1 Crônicas 18:15This small government chart — Joab over the army, Jehoshaphat keeping the records, Zadok and Abimelech as priests, Shavsha as scribe — shows that David’s kingdom already had a real administrative structure, not just a warrior king.
  16. 1 Crônicas 18:16It rounds out the government chart: Zadok and Abimelech as priests, and Shavsha as scribe — every function of the kingdom has its named officeholder.
  17. 1 Crônicas 18:17Benaiah, the same man who killed the lion in the snow, now commands David’s foreign personal guard, while the king’s own sons serve as direct advisers — the organizational chart of power is complete.

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