2 Samuel 8:3-10

Legacy Standard Bible

³ Then David struck ^(A)Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as ^(B)he went to restore his ^[a]power at the ^[b]River. ⁴ And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David ^(C)hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots. ⁵ Then ^(D)the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans. ⁶ Then David placed garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and ^(E)the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And ^(F)Yahweh granted salvation to David wherever he went. ⁷ And David took the small shields of gold which were ^[c]carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ Also from ^[d]Betah and from ^(G)Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

⁹ Then Toi king of ^(H)Hamath heard that David had struck down all the military force of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ so Toi sent ^[e]Joram his son to King David to ^[f]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer ^[g]had been at war with Toi. And in ^[h]Joram’s hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.