17 And when it was showed David, he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan, and came unto them, and put himself in array against them: And when David had put himself in battle array to meet the Aramites, they fought with him.

18 But the Aramites fled before Israel, and David destroyed of the Aramites [a]seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

19 And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they fell before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. And the Aramites would no more succor the children of Ammon.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 19:18 For this place, read 2 Sam. 10:18.

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