1 Chronicles 18
1 And it came to pass afterwards, that
David smote the Philistines, and routed them, and took Geth and its villages
out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites
became servants to David, and tributaries.
3 And David smote Adraazar king of
Suba of Emath, as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.
4 And David took of them a thousand
chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry: and David
houghed all the chariot horses, but there were
reserved of them a hundred chariots.
5 And the Syrian came from Damascus to
help Adraazar king of Suba; and David smote of the Syrian
army twenty and two thousand men.
6 And David put a garrison in Syria
near Damascus; and they became tributary servants to David: and the Lord
delivered David wherever he went.
7 And David took the golden collars
that were on the servants of Adraazar, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And David took out of Matabeth, and
out of the chief cities of Adraazar very much brass: of this Solomon made the
brazen sea, and the pillars, and the brazen vessels.
9 And Thoa king of Emath heard that
David had smitten the whole force of Adraazar king of Suba.
10 And he sent Aduram his son to king
David to ask how he was, and to congratulate him because he had fought against
Adraazar, and smitten him; for Thoa was the enemy of Adraazar.
11 And all the golden and silver and
brazen vessels, even these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver
and the gold which he took from all the nations; from Idumæa, and Moab, and
from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec.
12 And Abesa son of Saruia smote the
Idumeans in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
13 And he put garrisons in the
valley; and all the Idumæans became David's servants: and the Lord delivered
David wherever he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel;
and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.
15 And Joab the son of Saruia
was over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud
was recorder.
16 And Sadoc son of Achitob, and
Achimelech son of Abiathar, were the priests; and
Susa was the scribe;
17 and Banæas the son of Jodae
was over the Cherethite and the Phelethite, and the
sons of David were the chief deputies of the king.