Text: 1 Chronicles 18:1-13
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 8:1-14
Subject: David's military conquests establishing the empire
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These parallel accounts of David's empire-building victories follow the same sequence — Philistines, Moabites, Hadadezer of Zobah, Arameans of Damascus, Edomites — with the refrain "the LORD gave David victory wherever he went" (וַיּוֹשַׁע יְהוָה אֶת דָּוִד בְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר הָלָךְ, vayyosha' YHWH et David bekhol asher halakh). Notable differences include: 2 Samuel 8:1's "Metheg-ammah" becomes "Gath and its villages" in 1 Chronicles 18:1; and 2 Samuel 8:4's "1,700 horsemen" appears as "7,000 horsemen" in 1 Chronicles 18:4 — a numerical variant likely from textual transmission. Both accounts conclude with David dedicating the war spoil to the LORD, with the Chronicler preserving this detail as evidence that David's military victories funded the future temple's treasury.