¹And it came to pass after that, that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them, and David took the metropolis from the Philistines' control. ²And he attacked Moab, and he allotted them in a line, making them lie down on the ground, and he allotted two groups, one to be put to death and one numerous group to be preserved alive. So Moab became David's servants and tribute-bearers. ³And David attacked Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah, when he went to regain control of the river. ⁴And David captured from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand infantrymen. And David hamstrung all the horses of the chariot fleet, but he allowed one hundred of its chariots to remain. ⁵Then Aramaea of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David struck down twenty-two thousand men in Aramaea. ⁶And David stationed garrisons in Aramaea of Damascus, and Aramaea became David's servants and tribute-bearers. And the Lord sustained David everywhere he went. ⁷And David took the golden shields which Hadadezer's servants had, and he brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And King David took a very great quantity of copper from Betah and from Berothai, Hadadezer's cities. ⁹And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole of Hadadezer's army, ¹⁰Toi sent Joram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer had been a man at war with Toi. And in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of copper. ¹¹Them too King David consecrated to the Lord with the silver and the gold which he had consecrated from all the nations which he had conquered, ¹²from Aramaea, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek, and from the booty of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, the king of Zobah. ¹³And David gained a reputation when he returned from defeating Aramaea in the Valley of Salt – eighteen thousand men. ¹⁴And he stationed garrisons in Edom – in the whole of Edom he stationed garrisons – and all of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord sustained David everywhere he went. ¹⁵So David reigned over all of Israel, and David would execute judgment and justice to all his people. ¹⁶And Joab the son of Zeruiah was in charge of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was state secretary. ¹⁷And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe. ¹⁸And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the sons of David were priests.