2 Samuel 8

Revised Geneva Translation

8 Now after this, David struck the Philistines and subdued them. And David took the bridle of bondage out of the hand of the Philistines.

² And he struck Moab, and measured them with a rope and cast them down to the ground. He measured them with two ropes to put them to death, and with one full rope to keep them alive. So, the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

³ David also struck Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.

⁴ And David took a thousand seven hundred horsemen from them, and twenty thousand footmen. And David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, only sparing enough of them for a hundred chariots.

⁵ Then the Aramites of Dammesek came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. But David killed twenty-two thousand of the Aramites.

⁶ And David put a garrison in Aram of Dammesek. And the Aramites became servants to David and brought gifts. And the LORD saved David wherever he went.

⁷ And David took the shields of gold that belonged to the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

⁸ And out of Betah and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer), king David brought exceedingly much bronze.

⁹ Then Toi, king of Hamath, heard how David had stricken all the army of Hadadezer.

¹⁰ Therefore, Toi sent Joram, his son, to king David, to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and beaten him (for Hadadezer had warred with Toi). He brought vessels of silver with him, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze.

¹¹ And king David dedicated them to the LORD with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued:

¹² from Aram, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and the spoil of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹³ So David got a name after he had returned and had killed eighteen thousand of the Aramites in the Valley of Salt.

¹⁴ And he put a garrison in Edom. He put soldiers throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

¹⁵ Thus David reigned over all Israel and executed judgment and justice to all his people.

¹⁶ And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the army. And Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was recorder.

¹⁷ And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests, and Seraiah the scribe.

¹⁸ And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites and David’s sons were chief rulers.