8:1 Now it happened afterward that David ①defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took ②control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.
▷ ①Lit the bridle of the mother city ②Lit struck
8:2 And He ①defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and a full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
▷ ①Lit struck
8:3 Then David ①defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his ②power at the Euphrates River.
▷ ①Lit struck ②Lit hand
8:4 And David captured from him ①1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
▷ ①Here LXX reads as 1 Chr 18:4; partial DSS text appears to also
8:5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David ①killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans.
▷ ①Lit struck
8:6 Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
8:7 David took the shields of gold which were ①carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
▷ ①Lit on
8:8 And from ①Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 18:8, Tibhath
8:9 Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had ①defeated the whole army of Hadadezer,
▷ ①Lit struck
8:10 Toi sent his son ①Joram to King David to ②greet him and bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and ③defeated him; for Hadadezer ④had been at war with Toi. And ⑤Joram brought with him articles of silver, gold, and bronze.
▷ ①In 1 Chr 18:10, Hadoram ②Lit ask him of his welfare ③Lit struck ④Lit was a man of wars ⑤Lit there were in his hand
8:11 King David also consecrated these gifts to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued:
8:12 from ①Aram, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
▷ ①Some mss Edom
8:13 So David made a name for himself when he returned from ①killing eighteen thousand ②Arameans in the Valley of Salt.
▷ ①Lit striking ②Some mss Edom
8:14 He also put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
8:15 So David reigned over all Israel; and David ①administered justice and righteousness for all his people.
▷ ①Lit was doing
8:16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was commander over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary.
8:17 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was scribe.
8:18 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ①was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ②chief ministers.
▷ ①See 1 Chr 18:17; MT and the Cherethites ②Lit priests