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2 Samuel 8
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1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.
1After this, David attacked and defeated the Philistines, bringing them under his control; he took control of their main city from them.
2And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
2He also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a length of rope; for every two lengths of people he put to death, he allowed one full length to live. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and paid him taxes.
3David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, the king of Zobah, when Hadadezer went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.
4And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
4David captured one thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him. David crippled all the chariot horses except for enough to pull one hundred chariots.
5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
5When the Syrians of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
6Then David placed military outposts in the Syrian territory of Damascus. The Syrians became David’s subjects and brought him tribute. The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
7David took the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.
8And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
8King David also took a very large amount of bronze from Betah and Berothai, which were cities belonging to Hadadezer.
9And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
9When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
10then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
10he sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory over Hadadezer, because Hadadezer had been at war with Toi. Joram brought gifts made of silver, gold, and bronze.
11these also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
11King David dedicated these gifts to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had taken from all the nations he had conquered:
12of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
12from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and the treasures taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
13David became even more famous after he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
14And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
14He put military outposts throughout all of Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The LORD gave David victory everywhere he went.
15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.
15So David reigned over all Israel, and he did what was fair and right for all his people.
16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
16Joab son of Zeruiah was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian;