1 Chronicles 18

David’s Further Conquests

After this ^ait came to pass that David ¹attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. 2 Then he ¹defeated ^aMoab, and the Moabites became David’s ^bservants, and brought tribute.
3 And ^aDavid ¹defeated ²Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his power by the River Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, ¹seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ²hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.
5 When the ^aSyrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So the Lord preserved David wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from ¹Tibhath and from ²Chun, cities of ³Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of ^abronze, with which ^bSolomon made the bronze ⁴Sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.
9 Now when ¹Tou king of Hamath heard that David had ²defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 10 he sent ¹Hadoram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and ²defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of ^aarticles of gold, silver, and bronze. 11 King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations—from Edom, from Moab, from the ^apeople of Ammon, from the ^bPhilistines, and from ^cAmalek.
12 Moreover ^aAbishai the son of Zeruiah killed ^beighteen thousand ¹Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 13 ^aHe also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

David’s Administration

14 So David reigned over all Israel, and administered judgment and justice to all his people. 15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and ¹Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; ²Shavsha was the scribe; 17 ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ¹chief ministers at the king’s side.

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