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| 1. | And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines. |
| 2. | And he smote the Moabites; and the Moabites became David`s servants, and brought gifts. |
| 3. | And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. |
| 4. | And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. |
| 5. | And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men. |
| 6. | And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went. |
| 7. | And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. |
| 8. | And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. |
| 9. | And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadarezer king of Zobah; |
| 10. | and he sent Hadoram his son to king David to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer was continually at war with Tou; he sent also all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze. |
| 11. | Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations: from the Edomites, and from the Moabites, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from the Amalekites. |
| 12. | And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. |
| 13. | And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went. |
| 14. | And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people. |
| 15. | And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler; |
| 16. | and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; |
| 17. | and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king`s hand. |