CHAPTER 8
Some time later,
David
defeated
the Philistines,
subdued them,
and took
Metheg-ammah
from the hand
of the Philistines.
David also defeated
the Moabites,
made them lie down
on the ground,
and he measured them off
with a cord.
He measured off
with two
lengths
those to be put to death,
and with one
length
those to be spared.
So the Moabites
became
subject
to David
and brought him
tribute.
David
also defeated
Hadadezer
son
of Rehob,
king
of Zobah,
who had marched out
to restore
his dominion
along the Euphrates
River.
David
captured
from him
a thousand chariots,
seven
thousand
charioteers,
and twenty
thousand
foot soldiers,
and he
hamstrung
all
the horses
except a hundred
he kept
for the chariots.
When the Arameans
of Damascus
came
to help
King
Hadadezer
of Zobah,
David
struck down
twenty-two
thousand
men.
Then he
placed
garrisons
in Aram
of Damascus,
and the Arameans
became
subject
to David
and brought him
tribute.
So the LORD
made David
victorious
wherever
he went.
And David
took
the gold
shields
that
belonged
to
the officers
of Hadadezer
and brought them
to Jerusalem.
he
sent
his son
Joram
to greet
King
David
and bless him
for
fighting
against Hadadezer
and defeating him.
For
Toi
and Hadadezer
had been
at war.
Joram brought
with him
articles
of silver
and
gold
and
bronze,
and
King
David
dedicated
these
to the LORD,
along with
the silver
and gold
he had dedicated
from all
the nations
he had subdued—
from Edom
and Moab,
from the Ammonites
and Philistines
and Amalekites,
and from the spoil
of Hadadezer
son
of Rehob,
king
of Zobah.
And David
made
a name for himself
when he returned
from striking down
eighteen
thousand
Edomites
in the Valley of Salt.
He placed
garrisons
throughout
Edom,
and all
the Edomites
were
subject
to David.
So the LORD
made David
victorious
wherever
he went.
Thus David
reigned
over
all
Israel
and administered
justice
and righteousness
for all
his people: