2 Samuel 8

8And ^aafter this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took ^||Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. ²And ^bhe smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites ^cbecame David’s servants, and ^dbrought gifts. ³David smote also ^||Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of ^eZobah, as he went ^fto recover his border at the river Euphrates. ⁴And David took ^||from him a thousand ^||chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David ^ghoughed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. ^5hAnd when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. ⁶Then David put ⁱgarrisons in Syria of ^jDamascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. ^kAnd the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went. ⁷And David took ^lthe shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And from ^||Betah, and from ^||Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. ⁹When ^||Toi king ^mof Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, ¹⁰Then Toi sent ^||Joram his son unto king David, to ^†salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer ^†had wars with Toi. And Joram ^†brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: ¹¹Which also king David ⁿdid dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; ¹²Of Syria, and of Moab, and ^oof the children of Ammon, and ^pof the Philistines, and ^qof Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. ¹³And David gat him a name when he returned from ^†smiting of the Syrians in ^rthe valley of salt, ^s||being eighteen thousand men. ¹⁴And he put ⁱgarrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he ⁱgarrisons, and ^tall they of Edom became David’s servants. ^uAnd the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.

¹⁵And David reigned over all Israel; and David ^wexecuted judgment and justice unto all his people. ^16xAnd ^yJoab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and ^zJehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was ^||recorder; ¹⁷And ^aZadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the ^||scribe; ¹⁸And ^bBenaiah the son of Jehoiada was ^cover both the ^dCherethites and the ^ePelethites; and David’s sons were ^||chief rulers.