2 Samuel 8:1-5

Christian Standard Bible

David’s Victories

8 After this, David defeated the Philistines,^(A) subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah^[a] from Philistine control.^{[b](B) 2} He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.^(C)

³ David also defeated Hadadezer^(D) son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River. ⁴ David captured seventeen hundred horsemen^[c] and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses^(E) and kept a hundred chariots.^[d]

⁵ When the Arameans of Damascus^(F) came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.