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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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And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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And from Tibhath [c] 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.
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When King Tou [d] of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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he sent his son Hadoram [e] to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,
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and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.
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