1 And it will be after this, and David will strike the rovers, and he will subdue them, and take Gath and her daughters from the hand of the rovers.

2 And he will strike Moab; and Moab will be servants to David, lifting up a gift.

3 And David will strike Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, in his going to set up his hand upon the river Phrath.

4 And David will take from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot: and David will root up every chariot, and David will leave from them a hundred chariots.

5 And Aram of Darmesek will come to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David will strike in Aram twenty and two thousand men.

6 And David will set up in Aram of Darmesek; and Aram will be servants to David, lifting up a gift And Jehovah will save for David in all which he went.

7 And David will take the shields of gold that were upon the servants of Hadarezer, and he will bring them to Jerusalem.

8 And from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass; with it Solomon made the sea of brass, and the pillars and the vessels of brass.

9 And Tou, king of Hamath, will hear that David struck all the power of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

10 And he will send Hadoram his son to king David to ask to him for peace and to bless him because he fought against Hadarezer, and he will strike him; (for Hadarezer was a man of war with Tou;) and all vessels of gold and silver and brass.

1 Chronicles 18:1-10, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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