ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 8
1. And after[H310] this it came to pass[H1732], that David smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430], and subdued[H3665] them[H1732]: and David took[H3947] the bridle[H4965] of the mother city out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
2. And he smote[H5221] Moab[H4124], and measured[H4058] them with the line[H2256], making them to lie down[H7901] on the ground[H776]; and he measured[H4058] two[H8147] lines[H2256] to put to death[H4191], and one full[H4393] line[H2256] to keep alive[H2421]. And the Moabites[H4124] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732], and brought[H5375] tribute[H4503].
3. David[H1732] smote[H5221] also Hadadezer[H1909] the son[H1121] of Rehob[H7340], king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678], as he went[H3212] to recover[H7725] his dominion[H3027] at the[H6578] River[H5104].
4. And David[H1732] took[H3920] from him a thousand[H505] and seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] horsemen[H6571], and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] footmen[H376]: and David[H1732] hocked[H6131] all the chariot[H7393] horses[H3498], but reserved of them for a hundred[H3967] chariots[H7393].
5. And when the Syrians[H758] of Damascus[H1834] came[H935] to succor[H5826] Hadadezer[H1909] king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678], David[H1732] smote[H5221] of the Syrians[H758] two[H8147] and twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] men[H376].
6. Then David[H1732] put[H7760] garrisons[H5333] in Syria[H758] of Damascus[H1834]; and the Syrians[H758] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732], and brought[H5375] tribute[H4503]. And Jehovah[H3068] gave victory[H3467] to David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].
7. And David[H1732] took[H3947] the shields[H7982] of gold[H2091] that were on the servants[H5650] of Hadadezer[H1909], and brought[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389].
8. And from Betah[H984] and from Berothai[H1268], cities[H5892] of Hadadezer[H1909], king[H4428] David[H1732] took[H3947] exceeding[H3966] much[H7235] brass[H5178].
9. And when Toi[H8583] king[H4428] of Hamath[H2574] heard[H8085] that David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] all the host[H2428] of Hadadezer[H1909],
10. then Toi[H8583] sent[H7971] Joram[H3141] his son[H1121] unto king[H4428] David[H1732], to salute[H7592] him[H1288], and to bless him[H3898], because he had fought against Hadadezer[H1909] and smitten[H5221] him[H1909]: for Hadadezer had wars[H376] with Toi[H8583]. And Joram brought with him[H3027] vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], and vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091], and vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178]:
11. These also did king[H4428] David[H1732] dedicate[H6942] unto Jehovah[H3068], with the silver[H3701] and gold[H2091] that he dedicated[H6942] of all the nations[H1471] which he subdued[H3533];
12. of Syria[H758], and of Moab[H4124], and of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and of the Philistines[H6430], and of Amalek[H6002], and of the spoil[H7998] of Hadadezer[H1909], son[H1121] of Rehob[H7340], king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678].
13. And David[H1732] gat[H6213] him a name[H8034] when he returned[H7725] from smiting[H5221] the Syrians[H758] in the Valley[H1516] of Salt[H4417], even eighteen[H8083] thousand men[H505].
14. And he put[H7760] garrisons[H5333] in Edom[H123]; throughout all Edom[H123] put[H7760] he garrisons[H5333], and all the Edomites[H123] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732]. And Jehovah[H3068] gave victory[H3467] to David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].
15. And David[H1732] reigned[H4427] over all Israel[H3478]; and David[H1732] executed[H6213] justice[H6666] and righteousness[H4941] unto all his people[H5971].
16. And Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] was over the host[H6635]; and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286] was recorder[H2142];
17. and Zadok[H6659] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], and Ahimelech[H288] the son[H1121] of Abiathar[H54], were priests[H3548]; and Seraiah[H8304] was scribe[H5608];
18. and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over the Cherethites[H3774] and the Pelethites[H6432]; and David[H1732]'s sons[H1121] were chief ministers[H3548].
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