1 Chronicles 18:1-11

David Defeats His Enemies

1 ¹After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

3 David also defeated ²Hadadezer king of ³Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument^[a] at the river Euphrates.

4 And David took from him 1,000 chariots, ⁴ 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.

5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king ⁵of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

6 Then David put garrisons^[b] in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David^[c] wherever he went.

7 And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 And from ⁶Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. ⁷With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

9 When ⁸Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king ⁹of Zobah,

10 he sent his son ¹⁰Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against ¹¹Hadadezer and defeated him; for ¹²Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze.

11 These also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from ¹³Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.