1 Chronicles 18:1-6 ▼

1 After this, David defeated and crushed the Philistines. He took Gath and its surrounding villages from them.

2 He also defeated Moab, and the Moabites became David's subjects and paid taxes [to him].

3 When David went to establish his control [over the territory] along the Euphrates River, he defeated King Hadadezer at Hamath.

4 David took 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers from him. David also disabled all but 100 of their horses so that they couldn't pull chariots.

5 When the Arameans from Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them.

6 David put troops in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became his subjects and paid taxes [to him]. Everywhere David went, the LORD gave him victories.