2 Samuel 8
David defeated the Philistines, Moab, and Hadadezer, king of Zobah, and made them pay tribute. He also defeated the Syrians of Damascus and made them pay tribute, and positioned a garrison in Syria. David took gold, silver, and brass from the defeated kings and sanctified them to the Lord. He then positioned guards in Edom and made them serve him, with the Lord assisting him in all his endeavors.
1Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them. And David took the bridle of tribute from the hand of the Philistines2And he struck Moab, and he measured them with a line, leveling them to the ground. Now he measured with two lines, one to kill, and one to keep alive. And Moab was made to serve David under tribute3And David struck Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah, when he set out to rule over the river Euphrates4And from his troops, David seized one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And he cut the sinew of the leg in all the chariot horses. But he left aside enough of them for one hundred chariots5And the Syrians of Damascus arrived, so that they might bring reinforcements to Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. And David struck down twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians6And David positioned a garrison in Syria of Damascus. And Syria served David under tribute. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish7And David took the armbands of gold, which the servants of Hadadezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem8And from Betah and Beeroth, cities of Hadadezer, king David took an exceedingly great amount of brass9Then Toi, the king of Hamath, heard that David had struck down the entire strength of Hadadezer10And so, Toi sent his son Joram to king David, so that he might greet him with congratulations, and give thanks, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had struck him down. For indeed, Toi was the enemy of Hadadezer. And in his hand were vessels of gold, and vessels of silver, and vessels of brass11And king David also sanctified these things to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had sanctified from all the peoples whom he had subdued12from Syria, and Moab, and the sons Ammon, and the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the best spoils of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah13David also made a name for himself when he returned from seizing Syria, in the Valley of the Salt Pits, having cut down eighteen thousand14And he positioned guards in Edom, and he stationed a garrison. And all of Edom was made to serve David. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish15And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people16Now Joab, the son Zeruiah, was over the army. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records17And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests. And Seraiah was the scribe18And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and Pelethites. But the sons of David were priests
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