2 Samuel 8
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2 Samuel 8:3-8

3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.1 4David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers,2 and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men. 6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

7And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8And from Betah3 and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

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  1. 1. 2 Samuel 8:3 LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate (see also 1 Chronicles 18:3); Hebrew along the River, or an alternate reading along the Euphrates ↩
  2. 2. 2 Samuel 8:4 LXX (see also DSS and 1 Chronicles 18:4); MT captured from him seventeen hundred charioteers ↩
  3. 3. 2 Samuel 8:8 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts Tebah; see 1 Chronicles 18:8. ↩

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