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Now after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
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And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became David’s slaves, bringing him presents.
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And David smote Hadarezer, king of Zobah in Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion unto the river Euphrates.
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And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; David also hamstrung all the chariot
horses, but reserved those of one hundred chariots.
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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer, king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
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Then David put
garrisons in Syria, the
Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David’s slaves, bringing him presents. For the LORD saved David wherever he went.
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And David took the shields of gold that the slaves of Hadarezer carried and brought them to Jerusalem.
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Likewise from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass.
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Now when Tou, king of Hamath, heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer, king of Zobah,
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he sent Hadoram, his son, to King David, to greet him and to bless him because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him, for Hadarezer had war with Tou. And he
sent him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass,