I Chronicles 18 Many Victories of David

 I Chronicles 18

Many Victories of David

1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and overthrew them; and he took Gath, and the cities thereof, out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 And he smote the Moabites: and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing him gifts.

3 And David smote Hadar-ezer king of Zobah, which is near Hamath; and he went to establish his dominion by the Euphrates.

4 And David took from him a thousand chariot horses, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved one hundred horses of them.

5 And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadar-ezer king of Zobah: and David smote twenty and two thousand men of the Syrians.

6 David stationed garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David's servants, bringing gifts. And the Lord protected David wherever he went. 

7 David took the shields of gold that the servants of Hadar-ezer had and brought them to Jerusalem. 

8 David also took very much bronze from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadar-ezer, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze. 

9 When Tohu king of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadar-ezer king of Zobah, 

10 he sent Hadoram his son to David to inquire of him and to bless him, because he had fought with Hadar-ezer and destroyed him (for Hadar-ezer was at war with Tohu). He also sent him all kinds of vessels of gold, silver, and bronze. 

11 David also dedicated them to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had brought from all the other nations: from the Edomites, the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.

12 Abishai the son of Zeruiah also defeated eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

13 He put a garrison in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord protected David wherever he went.

14 David reigned over all Israel, and he administered justice and righteousness to all his people.

15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was in charge of the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shausa was the scribe. 

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites: but the sons of David, the chief, were at the king's hand.