[1] And it came about after this that David made an attack on the
Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of
the hands of the Philistines. [2] And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites
became his servants and gave him offerings. [3] Then David overcame
Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power
seen by the river Euphrates. [4] And David took from him a thousand
war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and
he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them
for a hundred war-carriages. [5] And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to
the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two
thousand Aramaeans. [6] Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the
Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made
David overcome wherever he went. [7] And the gold body-covers of the
servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem. [8] And from Tibhath and
from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which
Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and
vessels. [9] Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome
all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, [10] He sent his son Hadoram to
King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had
overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou;
and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass. [11]
These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold
he had taken from all nations; from Edom and Moab and from the children of
Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek. [12] And when he came back
from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley
of Salt, [13] David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the
Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he
went. [14] So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right
decisions for all his people. [15] And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief
of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.
[16] And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were
priests; and Shavsha was the scribe; [17] And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada,
was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were
chief of those whose places were at the king's side.
