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Chapter 18

David’s Conquests.[a] After this, David defeated the Philistines. He subdued Gath and took it and its dependent towns from the Philistines.

He struck down Moab, and the Moabites became David’s vassals and brought him tribute.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:1 Combining the main accounts given of wars in 2 Sam 8; 10; 12; 21, the author composes a large-scale page of military history. His intention is to show how God blessed the man he had chosen as leader of his people.

David’s Victories(A)

18 In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.

David also defeated the Moabites,(B) and they became subject to him and brought him tribute.

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