📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 19:19
What does 1 Chronicles 19:19 mean?
"When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more."
— 1 Chronicles 19:19 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.
David was told that; so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.
When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.
Explanation
This verse concludes a lengthy account of conflict between Israel and a coalition of the Ammonites and their hired Aramean (Syrian) allies. In plain terms, it says that after being decisively beaten by Israel's forces, the kings and soldiers who served Hadadezer (a powerful Aramean king) gave up the fight, submitted to David's authority, and became his subjects. As a result, the Ammonites
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