¹⁴ He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and ^(A)all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

David’s Further Conquests^(A)

8 After this it came to pass that David ^[a]attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took ^[b]Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

² Then ^(B)he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s ^(C)servants, and ^(D)brought tribute.

^13 (A)He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

David’s Further Conquests^(A)

18 After this ^(B)it came to pass that David ^[a]attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. ² Then he ^[b]defeated ^(C)Moab, and the Moabites became David’s ^(D)servants, and brought tribute.

Philistine Giants Destroyed^(A)

¹⁵ When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint. ¹⁶ Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of ^[a]the ^(B)giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. ¹⁷ But ^(C)Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, ^(D)“You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the ^(E)lamp of Israel.”

^18 (F)Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then ^(G)Sibbechai the Hushathite killed ^[b]Saph, who was one of the sons of ^[c]the giant. ¹⁹ Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where ^(H)Elhanan the son of ^[d]Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed ^(I)the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

²⁰ Yet again ^(J)there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to ^[e]the giant. ²¹ So when he ^(K)defied Israel, Jonathan the son of ^[f]Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

^22 (L)These four were born to ^[g]the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

The Philistines Defeated^(A)

^17 (B)Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it ^(C)and went down to the stronghold. ¹⁸ The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in ^(D)the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹ So David ^(E)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”

And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

²⁰ So David went to ^(F)Baal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place ^[a]Baal Perazim. ²¹ And they left their ^[b]images there, and David and his men ^(G)carried them away.

^22 (H)Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. ²³ Therefore ^(I)David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. ²⁴ And it shall be, when you ^(J)hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then ^(K)the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” ²⁵ And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from ^(L)Geba^[c] as far as ^(M)Gezer.