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.
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
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Gk Vg 2 Sam 8.6 Compare Syr: Heb lacks [garrisons]
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