³ David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^(A)Zobah, as he went to recover ^(B)his territory at the River Euphrates. ⁴ David took from him one thousand chariots, ^[a]seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David ^(C)hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

^5 (D)When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. ⁶ Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So ^(E)the Lord preserved David wherever he went. ⁷ And David took ^(F)the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ Also from ^[b]Betah and from ^(G)Berothai,^[c] cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

⁹ When ^[d]Toi king of ^(H)Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, ¹⁰ then Toi sent ^[e]Joram his son to King David, to ^[f]greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze. ¹¹ King David also ^(I)dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued— ¹² from ^[g]Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the ^(J)Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

²³ And God raised up another adversary against him, Rezon the son of Eliadah, who had fled from his lord, ^(A)Hadadezer king of Zobah.