18:1 Now after this it came about that David ①defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
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18:2 And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.
18:3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his ①rule to the river Euphrates.
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18:4 David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
18:5 When the Arameans of ①Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David ②killed twenty-two thousand men of the Arameans.
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18:6 Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of ①Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
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18:7 And David took the shields of gold which were ①carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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18:8 Also from ①Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze ②Sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils.
▷ ①In 2 Sam 8:8, Betah ②I.e., large basin
18:9 Now when ①Tou king of Hamath heard that David had ②defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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18:10 he sent ①Hadoram his son to King David to ②greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had ③defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.
▷ ①In 2 Sam 8:10, Joram ②Lit ask him of his welfare ③Lit struck
18:11 King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek.
18:12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah ①defeated eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
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18:13 Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went.
18:14 So David reigned over all Israel; and he ①administered justice and righteousness for all his people.
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18:15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was secretary;
18:16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary;
18:17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king’s side.