1 Chronicles 18

18^*Now ^aafter this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took ^bGath and her ^ctowns out of the hand of the Philistines. ²And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. ³And David smote ^||Hadarezer king of Zobah unto ^dHamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. ⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, and ^||seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. ⁵And when the Syrians of ^†Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. ⁶Then David put ^egarrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. ⁷And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸Likewise from ^||Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith ^fSolomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. ⁹Now when ^||Tou king of ^dHamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; ^10||He sent Hadoram his son to king David, ^||to inquire of his welfare, and ^†to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer ^†had war with Tou;) and ^gwith him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. ¹¹Them also king David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. ¹²Moreover ^†Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. ¹³And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

¹⁴So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. ¹⁵And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, ^||recorder. ¹⁶And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and ^||Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and ^||Shavsha was scribe; ¹⁷And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief ^†about the king.