8 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took ^[a]the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.

² And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

³ David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at ^[b]the River. ⁴ And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. ⁵ And when ^[c]the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of ^[d]the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. ⁶ Then David put garrisons in ^[e]Syria of Damascus; and ^[f]the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah ^[g]gave victory to David whithersoever he went. ⁷ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ And from ^[h]Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

⁹ And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ then Toi sent ^[i]Joram his son unto king David, to ^[j]salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer ^[k]had wars with Toi. And ^[l]Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: ¹¹ these also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued; ¹² of ^[m]Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³ And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting ^[n]the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. ¹⁴ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah ^[o]gave victory to David whithersoever he went.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.