1 Chronicles
Chapter Eighteen
1 ¶ After this it
came to pass that David attacked the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath
and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Then he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought
tribute.
3 And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to
establish his power by the River Euphrates.
4 David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty
thousand foot soldiers. And David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, except
that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed
twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David's
servants, and brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Also from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large
amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and the
articles of bronze.
9 ¶ Now when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army
of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
10 he sent Hadoram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because
he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at
war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of articles of gold, silver,
and bronze.
11 King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold
that he had brought from all these nations-from Edom, from Moab, from the people
of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in
the Valley of Salt.
13 He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants.
And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and administered judgment and justice to
all his people.
15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder;
16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests;
Shavsha was the scribe;
17 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David's sons were chief ministers at the king's side.
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