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1 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
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2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
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4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
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5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
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9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
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10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
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11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
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12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
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14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
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16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
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17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
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18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
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- 1 Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.
- 2 He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
- 3 Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his rule at the River.
- 4 David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.
- 5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.
- 6 Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
- 7 David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 8 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.
- 9 Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,
- 10 Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. And Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.
- 11 King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued:
- 12 from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 13 So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
- 14 He put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
- 15 So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.
- 16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
- 17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary.
- 18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers.
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