3 Then David struck down Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monumentc at the Euphrates River. 4 David 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. 5 When Aram of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of Aram. 6 David placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, so Aram became servants of David, bringing tribute. Yahweh protected David everywhere he went.

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

9 When Toi, the king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, 10 Toi 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 him⌋i objects of silver and objects of gold and objects of bronze. 11 King David dedicated them also to Yahweh along with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated from all of the nations which he had subdued; 12 from Aram and from Moab and from the ⌊Ammonites⌋j and from the Philistines and from Amalek and from the plunder of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah.