1. After this, David defeated and crushed the Philistines. He took Gath and its surrounding villages from them.
2. He also defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David’s subjects and paid taxes ⌊to him⌋.
3. When David went to establish his control ⌊over the territory⌋ along the Euphrates River, he defeated King Hadadezer at Hamath.