David’s Further Conquests
1 After this it came to pass that David1 attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took2 Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Then ahe defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s bservants, and cbrought tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of aZobah, as he went to recover bhis territory at the River Euphrates.
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.
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