3. Next David defeated Zobah’s King Hadadezer, Rehob’s son, as Hadadezer was on his way to put his monument along the Euphrates River.
4. David captured one thousand chariots, seven hundred charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.
5. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah’s King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
6. David set up forts among the Arameans of Damascus. And the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought him tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
7. David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.
8. King David also took a large amount of bronze from Tebah and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer.
9. When Hamath’s King Toi heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,