1
Some time afterward, David attacked the Philistines and subdued them; he took Gath and its villages from the Philistines.
2
He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became subject to David and brought tribute.
3
David also struck down King Hadadezer of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to set up a monument at the river Euphrates.
4
David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand cavalry, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left one hundred of them.
5
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand Arameans.
6
Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus; and the Arameans became subject to David, and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
7
David took the gold shields that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8
From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a vast quantity of bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
9
When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,