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title: 2 Samuel 8
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createdAt: 2024-08-14T02:26:19.478Z
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**1 **And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

**2 **And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And *so* the Moabites became David's servants, *and* brought gifts.

**3 **David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. **4 **And David took from him a thousand *chariots*, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot *horses*, but reserved of them *for* an hundred chariots. **5 **And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. **6 **Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, *and* brought gifts. And the LORD preserved 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 Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.

**9 **When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, **10 **Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And *Joram* brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: **11 **Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; **12 **Of 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 of the Syrians in the valley of salt, *being* eighteen thousand *men*. **14 **And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

**15 **And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. **16 **And Joab the son of Zeruiah *was* over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud *was* recorder; **17 **And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, *were* the priests; and Seraiah *was* the scribe; **18 **And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada *was over* both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.