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2 Samuel 8

David's Triumphs

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 aNow after this it came about that David  1defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took  2control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

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 aHe  1defeated  bMoab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And  cthe Moabites became servants to David,  dbringing tribute.

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Then David  1defeated  aHadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as  bhe went to restore his  2rule at the  3River.

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David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David  ahamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots.

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When  athe Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David  1killed 22,000 Arameans.

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Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and  athe Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And  bthe LORD helped David wherever he went.

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David took the shields of gold which were  1carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

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From  1Betah and from  aBerothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.

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Now when Toi king of  aHamath heard that David had  1defeated all the army of Hadadezer,

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Toi sent  1Joram his son to King David to  2greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and  3defeated him; for Hadadezer  4had been at war with Toi. And  5Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

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King David also  adedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued:

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from  1Aram and  aMoab and  bthe sons of Ammon and  cthe Philistines and  dAmalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

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So  aDavid made a name for himself when he returned from  1killing 18,000  2Arameans in  bthe Valley of Salt.

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He put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and  aall the Edomites became servants to David. And  bthe LORD helped David wherever he went.

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So David reigned over all Israel; and David  1administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

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 aJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and  bJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was  crecorder.

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 aZadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were  bpriests, and Seraiah was  csecretary.

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 aBenaiah the son of Jehoiada  1was over the  bCherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were  2 cchief ministers.



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