1. Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again and defeated them. He took out of their control the city of Gath and its surrounding villages.
2. He also defeated the Moabites, who became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
3. Next, David attacked King Hadadezer of the Syrian state of Zobah, near the territory of Hamath, because Hadadezer was trying to gain control of the territory by the upper Euphrates.
4. David captured a thousand of his chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
5. When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed 22,000 men.
6. Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.
7. David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem.
8. He also took a great quantity of bronze from Tibhath and Kun, cities ruled by Hadadezer. (Solomon later used this bronze to make the tank, the columns, and the bronze utensils for the Temple.)
9. King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's entire army.