And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king (A)of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians. 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. And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. And from (B)Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. (C)With it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 18:6 Septuagint, Vulgate, 2 Samuel 8:6 (compare Syriac); Hebrew lacks garrisons
  2. 1 Chronicles 18:6 Hebrew the Lord saved David; also verse 13

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