| 1 ¶ 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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| 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
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| 3 And David smote Hadarezer1 king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
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| 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven2 thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
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| 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus3 came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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| 6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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| 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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| 8 Likewise from Tibhath,4 and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
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| 9 ¶ Now when Tou5 king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
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| 10 He sent Hadoram6 his son to king David, to enquire7 of his welfare, and to congratulate8 him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war9 with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
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| 11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
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| 12 Moreover Abishai10 the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
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| 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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| 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
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| 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.11
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| 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech12 the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha13 was scribe;
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| 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about14 the king.
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