1. And it cometh to pass after this, that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and taketh Gath and its small towns out of the hand of the Philistines;
2. and he smiteth Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present.
3. And David smiteth Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the river Phrat,
4. and David captureth from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly all the chariots, and leaveth of them a hundred chariots [only].
5. And Aram of Damascus cometh in to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth in Aram twenty and two thousand men,
6. and David putteth [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Aramaeans are to David for servants, bearing a present, and Jehovah giveth salvation to David whithersoever he hath gone.
7. And David taketh the shields of gold that have been on the servants of Hadarezer, and bringeth them in to Jerusalem;