³Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer^z son of Rehob, king of Zobah,^a when he went to restore his monument at^a the Euphrates^b River. ⁴David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers^b and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung^c all but a hundred of the chariot horses.

⁵When the Arameans of Damascus^d came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. ⁶He put garrisons^e in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject^f to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.^g

⁷David took the gold shields^h that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸From Tebah^c and Berothai,ⁱ towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

⁹When Tou^d king of Hamath^j heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,^k ¹⁰he sent his son Joram^e to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.

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Footnotes

aOr his control along
bSeptuagint (see also Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chron. 18:4); Masoretic Text captured seventeen hundred of his charioteers
cSee some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 18:8); Hebrew Betah.
dHebrew Toi, a variant of Tou; also in verse 10
eA variant of Hadoram

Cross references

z 2 Sa 10:16, 19; 1 Ki 11:23
aSee 1 Sa 14:47
bSee Ge 2:14
cSee Ge 49:6; Jos 11:9
dSee Ge 14:15; 2 Sa 10:6; 1 Ki 11:24; 2 Ki 8:7; 14:28
e 1 Ki 20:34
f 2 Sa 10:19
g 2 Sa 3:18
h 1 Ki 10:16; 14:26; 2 Ki 11:10
i Eze 47:16
j 1 Ki 8:65; 2 Ki 14:28; 2 Ch 8:4
k Lk 14:31–32