1 Chronicles 18:1

After this. Verses 1-13 deal with the conquests of David. See also on 2 Samuel 8:1-14. The words “after this” do not necessarily indicate that the events about to be narrated all followed in chronological sequence after the events previously given. The order in which events are found recorded in the Bible is not always exactly that in which they took place. Both 2 Samuel 8 and 1 Chronicles 18 seem to incorporate a discussion of the various conquests of David, beginning with Philistia and Moab, but also enumerate the spoils and tribute won from several Syrian states that were subjugated in the war that began at the death of Nahash of Ammon (see 1 Chronicles 19).

Gath. The record in Samuel has, “Metheg-ammah,” which some interpret as meaning, “bridle of the mother city” (see on 2 Samuel 8:1). According to this interpretation David took control of the mother city, the metropolis, of the Philistines, which, according to the record in Chronicles, was Gath.