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Chapter 18 |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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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| And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. |
| 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. |
| 16 | And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha 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 about the
king. |
