AB - I Chronicles - 18

18:1  And it came to pass afterwards, that David attacked the Philistines, and routed them, and took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.

18:2  And he defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and tributaries.

18:3  And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah of Hamath, as he was going to establish power toward the River Euphrates.

18:4  And David took of them a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry men. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but he left a hundred chariots among them.

18:5  And the Syrians came from Damascus to help Hadadezer king of Zobah; and David killed of the Syrian army twenty-two thousand men.

18:6  And David put a garrison in Syria near Damascus; and they became tributary servants to David. And the Lord delivered David wherever he went.

18:7  And David took the golden shields that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

18:8  And David took very much bronze out of Tibhath and out of the chief cities of Chun; of this Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the bronze vessels.

18:9  And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole force of Hadadezer king of Zobah.

18:10  And he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask how he was, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer, and had defeated him; for Tou was the enemy of Hadadezer.

18:11  And all the golden and silver and bronze vessels, even these King David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and the gold which he took from all the nations; from Edom, Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

18:12  And Abishai son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

18:13  And he put garrisons in the valley; and all the Edomites became David's servants, and the Lord delivered David wherever he went.

18:14  So David reigned over all Israel, and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.

18:15  And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

18:16  And Zadok son of Ahitub, and Abimelech son of Abiathar were the priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

18:17  and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.