2 Samuel 8
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2 Samuel 8:3-8

3David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River.

4David captured seventeen hundred horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses and kept a hundred chariots.

5When the Arameans of Damascus came to assist King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand Aramean men.

6Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord made David victorious wherever he went.

7David took the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers and brought them to Jerusalem.

8King David also took huge quantities of bronze from Betah and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities.

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