2 Samuel 8 (New American Standard Bible)

2 Samuel 8

David's Triumphs

 ^1(A)Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

 ^2(B)He defeated ^(C)Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive And ^(D)the Moabites became servants to David, ^(E)bringing tribute.

 ³Then David defeated ^(F)Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as ^(G)he went to restore his rule at the ^[a]River.

 ⁴David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David ^(H)hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

 ⁵When ^(I)the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 Arameans.

 ⁶Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and ^(J)the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute And ^(K)the LORD helped David wherever he went.

 ⁷David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

 ⁸From Betah and from ^(L)Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

 ⁹Now when Toi king of ^(M)Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

 ¹⁰Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet 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, of gold and of bronze.

 ¹¹King David also ^(N)dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued:

 ¹²from ^[b]Aram and ^(O)Moab and ^(P)the sons of Ammon and ^(Q)the Philistines and ^(R)Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

 ¹³So ^(S)David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 ^[c]Arameans in ^(T)the Valley of Salt.

 ¹⁴He put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and ^(U)all the Edomites became servants to David And ^(V)the LORD helped David wherever he went.

 ¹⁵So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

 ^16(W)Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and ^(X)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ^(Y)recorder.

 ^17(Z)Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were ^(AA)priests, and Seraiah was ^(AB)secretary.

 ^18(AC)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the ^(AD)Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were ^(AE)chief ministers.