1 Chronicles 18:14

So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	דָּוִ֖יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
reigned	וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְ vai.yim.Lokh	H4427	to reign · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
executed	עֹשֶׂ֛ה 'o.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
judgment	מִשְׁפָּ֥ט mish.Pat	H4941	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
justice	וּצְדָקָ֖ה u.tze.da.Kah	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
people	עַמּֽוֹ a.Mo	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 89:14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Jeremiah 33:15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteous…
Jeremiah 23:5-6 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execut…
2 Samuel 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
1 Chronicles 12:38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also o…
Psalms 78:71-72 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to estab…
Isaiah 32:1-2 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 18:9–end

Here let us learn, 1. That it is our interest to make those our friends who have the presence of God with them. The king of Hamath, hearing of David's great success, sent to congratulate him and to court his favour with a noble present, Ch1 18:9, Ch1 18:10. It is in vain to contend with the Son of David. Kiss the Son, therefore, lest he be angry; let the kings and judges of the earth, and all inferior people too, be thus wise, thus instructed. The presents we are to bring him are not vessels of gold and silver, as here (those shall be welcomed to him who have no such presents to bring), but our hearts and sincere affections, our whole selves, we must present to him as living sacrifices. 2. T…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 18:9

Tou--or Toi--whose dominions border on those of Hadadezer. (See on Sa2 8:9-12; Kg1 11:15).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 18:12

Abishai - slew of the Edomites - This victory is attributed to David, Sa2 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 18:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 18:1–end

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 18:14-17

The listing of David’s officials demonstrates the greatness of his rule over all of Israel.

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Dictionary and topics

Palestine — Originally denoted only the sea-coast of the land of Canaan inhabited by the Philistines (Ex. 15:14; Isa. 14:29, 31; Joel 3:4), and in this sense exclusively the Hebrew name Pelesheth (rendered…
Rabbah — Or Rab’bath, great. (1.) “Rabbath of the children of Ammon,” the chief city of the Ammonites, among the eastern hills, some 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the southern of the two streams which…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).