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Chapter 18 |
| 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. |
| 2 | And he smote
Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. |
| 3 |
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his
dominion by the river Euphrates. |
| 4 | And David took from him a
thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen:
David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred
chariots. |
| 5
| And when the Syrians of Damascus 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. |
| 7 | And David took the shields of gold that were
on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. |
| 8 |
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very
much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the
vessels of brass. |
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9 | Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; |
| 10 | He sent
Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate
him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer
had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and
brass. |
| 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. |
| 12
| Moreover Abishai 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. |
| 15 | And Joab the
son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud,
recorder. |
| 16
| And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; |
| 17 | And Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons
of David were chief about the king. |
