1 Chronicles 19:18 meaning and explanation

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.

1 Chronicles 19:18, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse reports the outcome of the battle David fought after the Arameans crossed the Euphrates to reinforce the Ammonites. The Chronicler, writing for a post exile community, presents David as God's victorious king whose enemies flee before Israel.

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