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Now after this[H310] it came to pass, that David[H1732]smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430], and subdued[H3665] them, and took[H3947]Gath[H1661] and her towns[H1323] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And he smote[H5221]Moab[H4124]; and the Moabites[H4124] became David's servants[H5650], and brought[H5375]gifts[H4503].
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And David[H1732]smote[H5221]Hadarezer[H1928]king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678] unto Hamath[H2574], as he went[H3212] to stablish[H5324] his dominion[H3027] by the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578].
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And David[H1732]took[H3920] from him a thousand[H505]chariots[H7393], and seven[H7651]thousand[H505]horsemen[H6571], and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]footmen[H376]: David[H1732] also houghed[H6131] all the chariot[H7393] horses, but reserved[H3498] of them an hundred[H3967]chariots[H7393].
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And when the Syrians[H758] of Damascus[H1834]came[H935] to help[H5826]Hadarezer[H1928]king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678], David[H1732]slew[H5221] of the Syrians[H758]two[H8147] and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]men[H376].
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Then David[H1732]put[H7760] garrisons in Syriadamascus[H758]; and the Syrians[H758] became David[H1732]'s servants[H5650], and brought[H5375]gifts[H4503]. Thus the LORD[H3068]preserved[H3467]David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].
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And David[H1732]took[H3947] the shields[H7982] of gold[H2091] that were on the servants[H5650] of Hadarezer[H1928], and brought[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389].
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Likewise from Tibhath[H2880], and from Chun[H3560], cities[H5892] of Hadarezer[H1928], brought[H3947]David[H1732]very[H3966]much[H7227]brass[H5178], wherewith Solomon[H8010]made[H6213] the brasen[H5178]sea[H3220], and the pillars[H5982], and the vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178].
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Now when Tou[H8583]king[H4428] of Hamath[H2574]heard[H8085] how David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] all the host[H2428] of Hadarezer[H1928]king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678];
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He sent[H7971]Hadoram[H1913] his son[H1121] to king[H4428]David[H1732], to enquire[H7592] of his welfare[H7965], and to congratulate[H1288] him, because he had fought[H3898] against Hadarezer[H1928], and smitten[H5221] him;(for Hadarezer[H1928] had war[H376] with Tou[H8583];) and with him all manner of vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091] and silver[H3701] and brass[H5178].
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Them also king[H4428]David[H1732]dedicated[H6942] unto the LORD[H3068], with the silver[H3701] and the gold[H2091] that he brought[H5375] from all these nations[H1471]; from Edom[H123], and from Moab[H4124], and from the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and from the Philistines[H6430], and from Amalek[H6002].
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Moreover Abishai[H52] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870]slew[H5221] of the Edomites[H123] in the valley[H1516] of salt[H4417]eighteen[H8083]thousand[H505].
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And he put[H7760]garrisons[H5333] in Edom[H123]; and all the Edomites[H123] became David[H1732]'s servants[H5650]. Thus the LORD[H3068]preserved[H3467]David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].
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So David[H1732]reigned[H4427] over all Israel[H3478], and executed[H6213]judgment[H4941] and justice[H6666] among all his people[H5971].
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And Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870] was over the host[H6635]; and Jehoshaphat[H3092] the son[H1121] of Ahilud[H286], recorder[H2142].
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And Zadok[H6659] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], and Abimelech[H40] the son[H1121] of Abiathar[H54], were the priests[H3548]; and Shavsha[H7798] was scribe[H5608];
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And Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over the Cherethites[H3774] and the Pelethites[H6432]; and the sons[H1121] of David[H1732] were chief[H7223]about[H3027] the king[H4428].