1. Later, David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. He took the town of Gath and the other small towns around it from the Philistines.
2. Then David defeated the country of Moab. The Moabites became David’s servants and brought tribute to him.
3. David also fought against Hadadezer’s army. Hadadezer was the king of Zobah. David fought against that army all the way to the town of Hamath. David did this when he went to set up a monument for himself at the Euphrates River.
4. David took 1000 chariots, 7000 chariot drivers, and 20,000 soldiers from Hadadezer. David also crippled most of Hadadezer’s horses that were used for pulling chariots. But David saved enough horses to pull 100 chariots.
5. The Arameans from the city of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah. But David defeated and killed 22,000 Aramean soldiers.
6. Then David put fortresses in the city of Damascus in Aram. The Arameans became David’s servants and brought tribute to him. So the Lord gave victory to David everywhere he went.
7. David took the gold shields from Hadadezer’s army leaders and brought them to Jerusalem.