David’s Triumphs
1 Chronicles 18:1–13; Psalm 60:1–12
1And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.+ 2And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.+ 3David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.+ 4And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.+ 5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.+ 6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.+ 7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.+ 8And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.+ 9And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,+ 10then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And [Joram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:+ 11these also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;+ 12of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.+ 13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.+ 14And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.+