1 After this, David struck the Philistines
and subdued them; and David took the
bridle of the mother city out of the hand of
the Philistines.

2 He defeated Moab, and measured them
with the line, making them to lie down on
the ground; and he measured two lines to
put to death, and one full line to keep alive.
The Moabites became servants to David,
and brought tribute.

3 David also struck Hadadezer the son
of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to
recover his dominion at the River.

4 David took from him one thousand
seven hundred horsemen and twenty
thousand footmen. David hamstrung the
chariot horses, but reserved enough of
them for one hundred chariots.

5 When the Syrians of Damascus came
to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David
struck twenty two thousand men of the
Syrians.

6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of
Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he
went.

7 David took the shields of gold that were
on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought
them to Jerusalem.

8 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of
Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

9 When Toi king of Hamath heard
that David had struck all the army of
Hadadezer,