Good News Translation GNT
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1 Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.
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After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
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He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
3 Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River.
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David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
4 David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
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David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for one hundred chariots.
5 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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When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty two thousand men of the Syrians.
6 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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Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
7 David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.
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David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.
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From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.
9 King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army.
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When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer,
10 So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze.
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then Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram brought with him vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.
11 King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered -
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King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued—
12 Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek - as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.
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of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley.
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David earned a reputation when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand men of the Syrians in the Valley of Salt.
14 He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.
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He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
15 David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly.
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David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
16 Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records;
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Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder,
17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary;
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Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, Seraiah was scribe,
18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.
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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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