6 Then he placed garrisons [a] in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious [b] wherever he went.
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1 Chronicles 18:6 In-Context
4 David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.
6 Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
7 And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.
Footnotes 2
[a] LXX and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 8:6 and Syriac); Hebrew does not include garrisons.