1. After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.
2. David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.
3. David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
4. David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
5. When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
6. Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the lord made David victorious wherever he went.
7. David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
8. along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah and Berothai.
9. When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,