1After this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them. David took the bridle of the mother from the hand of the Philistines.2He struck Moab and measured them with a cord, laying them down on the ground. He measured two cords to put to death and the full cord to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bearers of offering.3David struck Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.4David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot teams but left enough for a hundred chariots.5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Arameans.6David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD saved David wherever he went.7David took the gold shields that were on Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.8From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze.9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer,10Toi sent Joram his son to King David to ask about his peace and to bless him, because he had fought Hadadezer and struck him down—for Hadadezer was a man of warfare with Toi. In his hand were vessels of silver, vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.11King David also consecrated them to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he consecrated from all the nations that he subdued.12from Aram, from Moab, from the sons of Amon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.13He made a name for himself there when he returned from striking down the Arameans in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand.14He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all Edom became servants to David. The LORD saved David wherever he went.