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David Strikes Down Nations

^1 (C1)Now it happened afterwards, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and David took ^(F1)control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

^2 (C1)He also struck ^(C2)Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And ^(C3)the Moabites became servants to David, ^(C4)bringing tribute.

³ Then David struck ^(C1)Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as ^(C2)he went to restore his ^(F1)power at the ^(F2)River.⁴ And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David ^(C1)hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.⁵ Then ^(C1)the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans.⁶ Then David placed garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and ^(C1)the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And ^(C2)Yahweh granted salvation to David wherever he went.⁷ And David took the small shields of gold which were ^(F1)carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.⁸ Also from ^(F1)Betah and from ^(C1)Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

⁹ Then Toi king of ^(C1)Hamath heard that David had struck down all the military force of Hadadezer,¹⁰ so Toi sent ^(F1)Joram his son to King David to ^(F2)greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer ^(F3)had been at war with Toi. And in ^(F4)Joram's hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.¹¹ King David also ^(C1)set these apart as holy to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he had set apart as holy from all the nations which he had subdued:¹² from ^(F1)Aram, ^(C1)Moab, ^(C2)the sons of Ammon, ^(C3)the Philistines, ^(C4)Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³ So ^(C1)David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 ^(F1)Arameans in ^(C2)the Valley of Salt.¹⁴ Then he placed garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he placed garrisons, and ^(C1)all the Edomites became servants to David. And ^(C2)Yahweh granted salvation to David wherever he went.

¹⁵ So David reigned over all Israel; and David was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.^16 (C1)Now Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and ^(C2)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ^(C3)recorder;^17 (C1)and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were ^(C2)priests, and Seraiah was ^(C3)scribe;^18 (C1)and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ^(F1)was over the ^(C2)Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were ^(F2)(C3)priests.