2 Samuel 8:3–10

³David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^dZobah, as he went to recover ^ehis territory at the River Euphrates. ⁴David took from him one thousand chariots, ³seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ^fhamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

^5gWhen the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. ⁶Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So ^hthe Lord preserved David wherever he went. ⁷And David took ⁱthe shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸Also from ⁴Betah and from ^jBerothai, ⁵cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

⁹When ⁶Toi king of ^kHamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, ¹⁰then Toi sent ⁷Joram his son to King David, to ⁸greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.