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2 Samuel 8

David’s Further Conquests

After this it came to pass that David ¹attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took ²Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Then ^ahe defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s ^bservants, and ^cbrought tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^aZobah, as he went to recover ^bhis territory at the River Euphrates. 4 David took from him one thousand chariots, ¹seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ^ahamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.
5 ^aWhen the Syrians 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 ^athe Lord preserved David wherever he went. 7 And David took ^athe shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 Also from ¹Betah and from ^aBerothai,² cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.
9 When ¹Toi king of ^aHamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10 then Toi sent ¹Joram his son to King David, to ²greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze. 11 King David also ^adedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued— 12 from ¹Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the ^aPhilistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 And David made himself a ^aname when he returned from killing ^beighteen thousand ¹Syrians in ^cthe Valley of Salt. 14 He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and ^aall the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

David’s Administration

15 So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. 16 ^aJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; ^bJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 17 ^aZadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; ¹Seraiah was the ²scribe; 18 ^aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the ^bCherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ¹chief ministers.

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