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Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again and defeated them. He took out of their control the city of Gath and its surrounding villages.
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He also defeated the Moabites, who became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
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Next, David attacked King Hadadezer of the Syrian state of Zobah, near the territory of Hamath, because Hadadezer was trying to gain control of the territory by the upper Euphrates River.
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David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand cavalry troops, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
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When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.
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Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.
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David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.
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He also took a great quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Kun, cities ruled by Hadadezer. (Solomon later used this bronze to make the tank, the columns, and the bronze utensils for the Temple.)
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King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army.