1.
And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines and he subdued them; and David took Metheg-ammah out of the land of the Philistines.
2.
And he smote Moab, and measured them off with a line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two cord-lengths to put to death, and one full cord-length to keep alive. And the Moabites became as servants to David, bringing presents.
3.
And David smote Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to extend his dominion to the Euphrates River.
4.
And David captured from him, one thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariots [horses] and left over of them for a hundred chariots.
5.
And Aram of Damascus came to aid Hadadezer, king of Zobah; and David smote of Aram, twenty-two thousand men.
6.
And David placed governors in Aram of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, paying tribute to him. And the Lord helped David wherever he went.
7.
And David took the quivers of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8.
And from Betah, and from Berotai, the cities of Hadadezer, King David took huge quantities of copper.
9.
And Toi, the king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer.
10.
And Toi sent Joram, his son, to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him: for Hadadezer had been Toi's opponent in war, and in his possession were vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of copper.
11.
These also the king David dedicated to the Lord, [along] with the silver and the gold that he dedicated from all the nations that he had conquered.
12.
From Aram, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13.
And David made for himself a name when he returned from smiting the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand men.
14.
And he placed governors in Edom; throughout all of Edom he placed governors, and all of Edom became servants to David. And the Lord saved David wherever he went.
15.
And David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and charity for all his people.
16.
And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the host; and Yehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.
17.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Ebiathar were [the] priests; and Seraiah was scribe.
18.
And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada [was over] the archers and the slingers; and David's sons were chief officers.
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