1 Chronicles 19:18

Study note

Setting — Following the mobilization of all Israel across the Jordan to confront the Aramean host, the narrative shifts to David’s direct command during the engagement. (1 Chronicles 19:17)

The words — The text records וַיָּנָס (va-yānōs, “and it fled”) to mark the Aramean retreat before Israel, then uses וַיַּהֲרֹג (va-yaharōg, “and he killed”) to specify David’s slaughter of seven thousand charioteers, forty thousand foot soldiers, and their commander Shophach.

The thread — This rout and the subsequent surrender of Hadadezer’s subjects parallel the campaign recorded in 2 Samuel 10:18 and conclude the immediate conflict over Ammonite aid.

Why it lands — The account requires the reader to note that the defeat of a numerically superior coalition and the death of its leadership directly precede the political submission of the Aramean kingdoms.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.