1Later <03651> <0310> <01961> David <01732> defeated <05221> the Philistines <06430> and subdued <03665> them. David <01732> took <03947> Metheg <04965> Ammah from <03027> the Philistines <06430>.
2He defeated <05221> the Moabites <04124>. He made them lie <07901> on the ground <0776> and then used a rope <02256> to measure <04058> them off <04058>. He put <04058> two-thirds <08147> of them to death <04191> and spared <02421> the other third. The Moabites <04124> became David’s <01732> subjects <05650> and brought <05375> tribute <04503>.
3David <01732> defeated <05221> King <04428> Hadadezer <01909> son <01121> of Rehob <07340> of Zobah <06678> when he came <01980> to reestablish <07725> his authority <03027> over the Euphrates River <05104>.
4David <01732> seized <03920> from <04480> him 1,700 <03967> <07651> <0505> charioteers <06571> and 20,000 <0505> <06242> infantrymen <07273>. David <01732> cut the hamstrings <06131> of all <03605> but <03498> a hundred <03967> of the chariot horses <07393>.
5The Arameans <0758> of Damascus <01834> came <0935> to help <05826> King <04428> Hadadezer <01909> of Zobah <06678>, but David <01732> killed <05221> 22,000 <0505> <08147> <06242> of the Arameans <0376> <0758>.
6David <01732> placed <07760> garrisons <05333> in the territory of the Arameans <0758> of Damascus <01834>; the Arameans <0758> became <01961> David’s <01732> subjects <05650> and brought <05375> tribute <04503>. The Lord <03068> protected <03467> David <01732> wherever <0834> <03605> he campaigned <01980>.
7David <01732> took <03947> the golden <02091> shields <07982> that <0834> belonged <01961> to <0413> Hadadezer’s <01909> servants <05650> and brought <0935> them to Jerusalem <03389>.
8From Tebah <0984> and Berothai <01268>, Hadadezer’s <01909> cities <05892>, King <04428> David <01732> took <03947> a great deal <07235> of bronze <05178>.
9When King <04428> Toi <08583> of Hamath <02574> heard <08085> that <03588> David <01732> had defeated <05221> the entire <03605> army <02426> of Hadadezer <01909>,
10he <08583> sent <07971> his son <01121> Joram <03141> to <0413> King <04428> David <01732> to extend <07592> his best wishes <07965> and to pronounce a blessing <01288> on <05921> him for his victory <03898> over Hadadezer <01909>, for <03588> Toi <08583> had been <01961> at war <04421> with Hadadezer <01909>. He brought <03027> with him various items <03627> <03627> <03627> made of silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and bronze <05178>.
11King <04428> David <01732> dedicated <06942> these things to the Lord <03068>, along with <05973> the dedicated silver <03701> and gold <02091> that <0834> he had taken <06942> from all <03605> the nations <01471> that <0834> he had subdued <03533>,
12including Aram <0758>, Moab <04124>, the Ammonites <05983>, the Philistines <06430>, and Amelek <06002>. This also included some of the plunder <07998> taken from King <04428> Hadadezer <01909> son <01121> <01121> of Rehob <07340> of Zobah <06678>.
13David <01732> became <06213> famous <08034> when he returned <07725> from defeating <05221> the Arameans <0758> in the Valley <01516> of Salt <04417>, he defeated 18,000 <0505> <06240> <08083> in all.
14He placed <07760> garrisons <05333> throughout <03605> Edom <0123> <0123>, and all <03605> the Edomites <0123> became <01961> David’s <01732> subjects <05650>. The Lord <03068> protected <03467> David <01732> wherever <0834> <03605> he campaigned <01980>.
15David <01732> reigned <04427> over <05921> all <03605> Israel <03478>; he <01732> guaranteed <06213> justice <06666> <04941> for all <03605> his people <05971>.
16Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> was general in command <05921> of the army <06635>; Jehoshaphat <03092> son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was secretary <02142>;
17Zadok <06659> son <01121> of Ahitub <0285> and Ahimelech <0288> son <01121> of Abiathar <054> were priests <03548>; Seraiah <08304> was scribe <05608>;
18Benaiah <01141> son <01121> of Jehoida <03077> supervised the Kerithites <03774> and Pelethites <06432>; and David’s <01732> sons <01121> were <01961> priests <03548>.