³Then David struck down Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument^c at the Euphrates River. ⁴David captured from him one thousand and seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers.^d David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but from them^e he spared a hundred chariot horses. ⁵When Aram of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of Aram. ⁶David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, so Aram became servants of David, bringing tribute. Yahweh protected David everywhere he went.

⁷David took the small round gold shields which had belonged^f to the servants of Hadadezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸From Betah and from Berothai, the towns of Hadadezer, King David took very many bronze items.

⁹When Toi, the king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, ¹⁰Toi sent Joram his son to King David to greet him^g and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Toi.^h He brought with himⁱ objects of silver and objects of gold and objects of bronze.

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Footnotes

cHebrew “hand”
dLiterally “men of infantry”
eLiterally “from him”
fLiterally “been”
gLiterally “to ask peace for himself”
hLiterally “for Hadadezer was a man of wars with Toi”
iLiterally “In his hand were”