God's Word Translation

2 Samuel 8:4-8 God's Word Translation (GW)

4. David took 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but 100 of their horses so that they couldn’t pull chariots.

5. When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.

6. David put troops in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became his subjects and paid taxes ⌊to him⌋. Everywhere David went, the Lord gave him victories.

7. David took the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants, and he brought them to Jerusalem.

8. King David also took a large quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.