1. Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again and defeated them. He took out of their control the city of Gath and its surrounding villages.
2. He also defeated the Moabites, who became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
3. Next, David attacked King Hadadezer of the Syrian state of Zobah, near the territory of Hamath, because Hadadezer was trying to gain control of the territory by the upper Euphrates.
4. David captured a thousand of his chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.