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1. And after this[H310] it came to pass[H1732], that David smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430], and subdued[H3665] them[H3947], and took Gath[H1661] and its towns[H1323] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].

2. And he smote[H5221] Moab[H4124]; and the Moabites[H4124] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732], and brought[H5375] tribute[H4503].

3. And David[H1732] smote[H5221] Hadarezer[H1928] king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678] unto Hamath[H2574], as he went[H3212] to establish[H5324] his dominion[H3027] by the river[H5104] Euphrates[H6578].

4. And David[H1732] took[H3920] from him a thousand[H505] chariots[H7393], and seven[H7651] thousand[H505] 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 of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

6. Then David[H1732] put[H7760] garrisons in Syria[H758] of Damascus[H758]; and the Syrians 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 Hadarezer[H1928], and brought[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389].

8. And from Tibhath[H2880] and from Cun[H3560], cities[H5892] of Hadarezer[H1928], David[H1732] took[H3947] very[H3966] much[H7227] brass[H5178], wherewith Solomon[H8010] made[H6213] the brazen[H5178] sea[H3220], and the pillars[H5982], and the vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178].

9. And when Tou[H8583] king[H4428] of Hamath[H2574] heard[H8085] that David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] all the host[H2428] of Hadarezer[H1928] king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678],

10. he sent[H7971] Hadoram[H1913] his son[H1121] to king[H4428] David[H1732], to salute[H7592] him[H7965], and to bless[H1288] him[H3898], because he had fought against Hadarezer[H1928] and smitten[H5221] him[H1928]; (for Hadarezer had wars[H376] with Tou[H8583]😉 and he had with him all manner of vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091] and silver[H3701] and brass[H5178].

11. These also did king[H4428] David[H1732] dedicate[H6942] unto Jehovah[H3068], with the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] that he carried[H5375] away from all the nations[H1471]; from Edom[H123], and from Moab[H4124], and from the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and from the Philistines[H6430], and from Amalek[H6002].

12. Moreover Abishai[H52] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] smote[H5221] of the Edomites[H123] in the Valley[H1516] of Salt[H4417] eighteen[H8083] thousand[H505].

13. And he put[H7760] garrisons[H5333] in Edom[H123]; and all the Edomites[H123] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732]. And Jehovah[H3068] gave victory[H3467] to David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].

14. And David[H1732] reigned[H4427] over all Israel[H3478]; and he executed[H6213] justice[H4941] and righteousness[H6666] unto all his people[H5971].

15. 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];

16. and Zadok[H6659] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], and Abimelech[H40] the son[H1121] of Abiathar[H54], were priests[H3548]; and Shavsha[H7798] was scribe[H5608];

17. and Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over the Cherethites[H3774] and the Pelethites[H6432]; and the sons[H1121] of David[H1732] were chief[H7223] about[H3027] the king[H4428].