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David’s Military Victories
After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath and its surrounding towns.
After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath and its surrounding towns.
David's Triumphs
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
David also conquered the land of Moab, and the Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.
And he smote the Moabites; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots.
When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
And David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
and he sent Hadoram his son to king David to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer was continually at war with Tou; [he sent] also all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
King David dedicated all these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from the other nations — from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.
Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations: from the Edomites, and from the Moabites, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from the Amalekites.
Abishai son of Zeruiah destroyed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
He placed army garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
David's Officers
And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.
And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.
Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;