18:1 After
this
David
defeated
the
Philistines
and
subdued
them,
and
he
took
Gath
and
its
villages
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
18:2 And
he
defeated
Moab,
and
the
Moabites
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
18:3 David
also
defeated
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah-Hamath,
as
he
went
to
set
up
his
monument
at
the
river
Euphrates.
18:4 And
David
took
from
him
1,000
chariots,
7,000
horsemen,
and
20,000
foot
soldiers.
And
David
hamstrung
all
the
chariot
horses,
but
left
enough
for
100
chariots.
18:5 And
when
the
Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to
help
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
David
struck
down
22,000
men
of
the
Syrians.
18:6 Then
David
put
garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus,
and
the
Syrians
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
And
the
LORD
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
18:7 And
David
took
the
shields
of
gold
that
were
carried
by
the
servants
of
Hadadezer
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
18:8 And
from
Tibhath
and
from
Cun,
cities
of
Hadadezer,
David
took
a
large
amount
of
bronze.
With
it
Solomon
made
the
bronze
sea
and
the
pillars
and
the
vessels
of
bronze.
18:9 When
Tou
king
of
Hamath
heard
that
David
had
defeated
the
whole
army
of
Hadadezer,
king
of
Zobah,
18:10 he
sent
his
son
Hadoram
to
King
David,
to
ask
about
his
health
and
to
bless
him
because
he
had
fought
against
Hadadezer
and
defeated
him;
for
Hadadezer
had
often
been
at
war
with
Tou.
And
he
sent
all
sorts
of
articles
of
gold,
of
silver,
and
of
bronze.
18:11 These
also
King
David
dedicated
to
the
LORD,
together
with
the
silver
and
gold
that
he
had
carried
off
from
all
the
nations,
from
Edom,
Moab,
the
Ammonites,
the
Philistines,
and
Amalek.
18:12 And
Abishai,
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
killed
18,000
Edomites
in
the
Valley
of
Salt.
18:13 Then
he
put
garrisons
in
Edom,
and
all
the
Edomites
became
David's
servants.
And
the
LORD
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
18:14 So
David
reigned
over
all
Israel,
and
he
administered
justice
and
equity
to
all
his
people.
18:15 And
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
was
over
the
army;
and
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder;
18:16 and
Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub
and
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar
were
priests;
and
Shavsha
was
secretary;
18:17 and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and
David's
sons
were
the
chief
officials
in
the
service
of
the
king.