¹And it came to pass after that, that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And he took Gath and its satellite villages from the Philistines' control. ²And he attacked Moab, and Moab became David's servants and tribute-bearers. ³And David attacked Hadadezer king of Zobah, on his way to Hamath, when he went to establish his authority at the River Euphrates. ⁴And David captured from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand 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, and 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 were on Hadadezer's servants, and he brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And David took a very great quantity of copper from Tibhath and from Chun, Hadadezer's cities, with which Solomon made the copper artificial sea and the columns and the copper equipment. ⁹And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, ¹⁰he sent Hadoram 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 of war with Tou. Tou sent Hadoram with all kinds of instruments of gold and silver and copper. ¹¹Them too King David consecrated to the Lord with the silver and the gold which he had brought from all the nations – from Edom and from Moab and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines and from Amalek. ¹²And Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt – eighteen thousand men. ¹³And he stationed garrisons in Edom, and all of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord sustained David everywhere he went. ¹⁴So David reigned over all of Israel, and he would execute judgment and justice to all his people. ¹⁵And Joab the son of Zeruiah was in charge of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was state secretary. ¹⁶And Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was the scribe. ¹⁷And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in charge of the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the first sons of David were at the king's side.