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.