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And after[H310] this it came to pass, that David[H1732]smote[H5221] the Philistines[H6430], and subdued[H3665] them: and David[H1732]took[H3947]Methegammah[H4965] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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And he smote[H5221]Moab[H4124], and measured[H4058] them with a line[H2256], casting them down[H7901] to the ground[H776]; even with two[H8147]lines[H2256]measured[H4058] he to put to death[H4191], and with one full[H4393]line[H2256] to keep alive[H2421]. And so the Moabites[H4124] became David's servants[H5650], and brought[H5375]gifts[H4503].
3David[H1732]smote[H5221] also Hadadezer[H1909], the son[H1121] of Rehob[H7340], king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678], as he went[H3212] to recover[H7725] his border[H3027] at the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578].
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And David[H1732]took[H3920] from him a thousand[H505]chariots[H7393], and seven[H7651]hundred[H3967]horsemen[H6571], and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]footmen[H376]: and David[H1732]houghed[H6131] all the chariot[H7393] horses, but reserved[H3498] of them for an hundred[H3967]chariots[H7393].
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And when the Syrians[H758] of Damascus[H1834]came[H935] to succour[H5826]Hadadezer[H1909]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[H5333] in Syria[H758] of Damascus[H1834]: and the Syrians[H758] became servants[H5650] to David[H1732], and brought[H5375]gifts[H4503]. And 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 Hadadezer[H1909], and brought[H935] them to Jerusalem[H3389].
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And from Betah[H984], and from Berothai[H1268], cities[H5892] of Hadadezer[H1909], king[H4428]David[H1732]took[H3947]exceeding[H3966]much[H7235]brass[H5178].
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When Toi[H8583]king[H4428] of Hamath[H2574]heard[H8085] that David[H1732] had smitten[H5221] all the host[H2428] of Hadadezer[H1909],
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Then Toi[H8583]sent[H7971]Joram[H3141] his son[H1121] unto king[H4428]David[H1732], to salute[H7592]him[H3027], and to bless[H1288]him[H3027], because he had fought[H3898] against Hadadezer[H1909], and smitten[H5221]him[H3027]: for Hadadezer[H1909] had wars[H376] with Toi[H8583]. And Joram[H3141] brought with him[H3027]vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], and vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091], and vessels[H3627] of brass[H5178]:
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Which also king[H4428]David[H1732] did dedicate[H6942] unto the LORD[H3068], with the silver[H3701] and gold[H2091] that he had dedicated[H6942] of all nations[H1471] which he subdued[H3533];
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Of Syria[H758], and of Moab[H4124], and of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and of the Philistines[H6430], and of Amalek[H6002], and of the spoil[H7998] of Hadadezer[H1909], son[H1121] of Rehob[H7340], king[H4428] of Zobah[H6678].
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And David[H1732]gat[H6213] him a name[H8034] when he returned[H7725] from smiting[H5221] of the Syrians[H758] in the valley[H1516] of salt[H4417], being eighteen[H8083]thousand[H505] men.
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And he put[H7760]garrisons[H5333] in Edom[H123]; throughout all Edom[H123]put[H7760] he garrisons[H5333], and all they of Edom[H123] became David[H1732]'s servants[H5650]. And the LORD[H3068]preserved[H3467]David[H1732] whithersoever he went[H1980].
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And David[H1732]reigned[H4427] over all Israel[H3478]; and David[H1732]executed[H6213]judgment[H4941] and justice[H6666] unto 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] was recorder[H2142];
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And Zadok[H6659] the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285], and Ahimelech[H288] the son[H1121] of Abiathar[H54], were the priests[H3548]; and Seraiah[H8304] was the scribe[H5608];
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And Benaiah[H1141] the son[H1121] of Jehoiada[H3077] was over both the Cherethites[H3774] and the Pelethites[H6432]; and David's sons[H1121] were chief rulers[H3548].