David Defeats His Enemies

18 ^(A)After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

² And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

³ David also defeated ^(A)Hadadezer king of ^(B)Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument^[a] at the river Euphrates.

⁴ And David took from him 1,000 chariots, ^(A)7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.

⁵ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king ^(A)of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

⁶ Then David put garrisons^[a] in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David^[b] wherever he went.