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Now after this it came to pass, that Davidsmote the Philistines, and subdued them, and tookGath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
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And he smoteMoab; and the Moabites became David'sservants, and broughtgifts.
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And DavidsmoteHadarezer[a]king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the riverEuphrates.
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And Davidtook from him a thousandchariots, and seven[b]thousandhorsemen, and twentythousandfootmen*: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundredchariots.
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And when the Syrians of Damascus[c]came to helpHadarezerking of Zobah,Davidslew of the Syrianstwo and twentythousandmen.
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Then Davidput garrisons in Syriadamascus*; and the Syrians became David'sservants, and broughtgifts. Thus the LORDpreservedDavid whithersoever he went.
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And Davidtook the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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Likewise from Tibhath,[d] and from Chun,cities of Hadarezer,broughtDavidverymuchbrass, wherewith Solomonmade the brasensea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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Now when Tou[e]king of Hamathheard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezerking of Zobah;
The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2Sa 8:1-10:19, 20:1-26 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred. 18850-950102-2024-1Ch18.2