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¹ AND it came to pass after this that David smote the Philistines and defeated them; and David took Ramath-gema from the Philistines.² And he defeated the Moabites, making them tie down on the ground, and measured them with a line; and he measured two lines to be put to death and one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became Davids servants and brought tribute.³ Then David defeated Hadarezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to have dominion at the river Euphrates.⁴ And David took from him one thousand and seven hundred chariots and twenty thousand footmen; and David destroyed all the chariots, but reserved of them one hundred chariots.⁵ And when the Edomites and the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Edomites twenty-two thousand men.⁶ Then David put governors in Edom and in Damascus; and the Edomites became servants to David and brought tribute. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.⁷ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer;⁸ And from Tebah and from Berothai, cities of Hadarezer, King David took a great quantity of brass and brought it to Jerusalem.

⁹ And when Toa king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadarezer,¹⁰ Then Toa sent Joram his son to King David to salute him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and defeated him; for Hadarezer was a warlike man. And Joram the son of Toa took with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass; and brought them to David;¹¹ These also King David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued,¹² From Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and from the dominion of Hadarezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.¹³ And David fought there when he returned, after he had defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing eighteen thousand men.¹⁴ And David appointed governors throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became Davids servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zoriah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;¹⁷ And Zadok the son of Ahitub, the Gelionite, and Abiathar the son of Ahimeleck were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe;¹⁸ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the nobles and the laborers, and Davids sons were the princes.