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4 David took from him one thousand chariots,1 seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ahamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.  
5 aWhen the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.  
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So athe Lord preserved David wherever he went.  
7 And David took athe shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.  
8 Also from1 Betah and from aBerothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.  
9 When1 Toi king of aHamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,  
10 then 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, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.  
11 King David also adedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued—  
12 from1 Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the aPhilistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.  
13 And David made himself a aname when he returned from killing beighteen thousand Syrians in cthe Valley of Salt.  
14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and aall the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.  

David’s Administration

15 So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people.
16 aJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; bJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;  
Book Notes:
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I & II Samuel

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book of Samuel with more propriety than now, the second being wholly occupied with the relation of transactions that did not take place till after the death of that eminent judge. Accordingly, in the Septuagint and the Vulgate, it is called the First and Second Books of Kings. The early portion of the First Book, down to the end of the twenty-fourth chapter, was probably written by Samuel; while the rest of it and the whole of the Second, are commonly ascribed to Nathan and Gad, founding the opinion on I Chronicles 29:29. Commentators, however, are divided about this, some supposing that the statements in I Samuel 2:26; I Samuel 3:1, indicate the hand of the judge himself, or a contemporary; while some think, from I Samuel 6:18; I Samuel 12:5; I Samuel 27:6, that its composition must be referred to a later age. It is probable, however, that these supposed marks of an after-period were interpolations of Ezra. This uncertainty, however, as to the authorship does not affect the inspired authority of the book, which is indisputable, being quoted in the New Testament (I Samuel 13:14 in Acts 13:22, and II Samuel 7:14 in Hebrews 1:5), as well as in many of the Psalms.

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