Discovery Box1 Chronicles 19:16 
Context19:16 When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, 1 led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army. 2
1 Chronicles 19:18
Context19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 3 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach 4 the commanding general.
1 tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “and Aram saw that they were struck down before Israel and they sent messengers and brought out Aram which is beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [was] before them.”
3 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”
4 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”
