1 Some time later David attacked the Philistines and brought them low, and he took Gath and its villages from the Philistines' control.
2 He attacked Moab too, and the Moabites became David's servants, paying tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah near Hamath, when he went to set up his power at the river Euphrates.
4 David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but he left a hundred chariot teams.
5 The Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David cut down twenty-two thousand of the Syrians.
6 David stationed garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David's servants, paying tribute. The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
7 David took the gold shields that Hadadezer's servants had, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 From Tibhath and Cun, Hadadezer's cities, David took a vast quantity of bronze, from which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the bronze vessels.
9 Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
10 and he sent his son Hadoram to King David to ask about his welfare and to bless him for having fought Hadadezer and defeated him, since Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. He sent every kind of object of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 King David consecrated these too to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.
12 And Abishai son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
13 He stationed garrisons in Edom, and all Edom became David's servants. The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
14 David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.
15 Joab son of Zeruiah commanded the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were the first men at the king's side.