1. Now it happened after this that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them, so he took Gath and its neighboring towns from Philistine control.
2. He also defeated Moab so that the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
3. Next David struck down Hadadezer the king of Zobah toward Hamath as he marched out to establish his authority along the Euphrates.
4. David captured from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry men. Then David hamstrung all the chariot horses except for the one hundred he spared.
5. When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Arameans.
6. Then David set garrisons in Aram of Damascus; and Arameans became subject to David, and brought tribute. The Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
7. So David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.