6 Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.
You have made me free from the fightings of the people; you have made me the head of the nations: a people of whom I had no knowledge will be my servants. From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
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Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18 John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 18
The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2 Samuel 8:1 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred.
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