2 Samuel 8
1 And it came to pass after this, that
David smote the Philistines, and put them to flight, and David took the
aHeb. Metheg-ammah. Lit. bridle of Ammah.tribute from out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And David smote Moab, and measured
them out with lines, having
bGr. caused them to sleep.laid them down on the ground: and there were two lines for slaying, and two
lines he kept alive: and Moab became servants to David, yielding tribute.
3 And David smote Adraazar the son of
Raab king of Suba, as he went to extend his power to the river Euphrates.
4 And David took
cAlex. seven.a thousand of his chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand
footmen: and David houghed all his
dGr. chariots.chariot horses, and he reserved to himself a hundred
chariots. 5 And Syria of Damascus
comes to help Adraazar king of Suba, and David smote twenty-two thousand men
belonging to the Syrian. 6 And David
placed a garrison in Syria near Damascus, and the Syrians became servants and
tributaries to David: and the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the golden bracelets
which were on the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought them to
Jerusalem. And Susakim king of Egypt took them, when he went up to Jerusalem
in the days of Roboam son of Solomon.
8 And king David took from Metebac,
and from the choice cities of Adraazar, very much brass: with that Solomon
made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the lavers, and all the furniture.
9 And Thoü the king of Hemath heard
that David had smitten all the host of Adraazar.
10 And Thoü sent Jedduram his son to
king David, to ask him of his welfare, and to congratulate him on his fighting
against Adraazar and smiting him, for he was an enemy to Adraazar: and in his
hands were vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.
11 And these king David consecrated
to the Lord, with the silver and with the gold which he consecrated out of all
the cities which he conquered, 12 out
of Idumea, and out of Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the
Philistines, and from Amalec, and from the spoils of Adraazar son of Raab king
of Suba.
13 And David made
himself a name: and when he returned he smote Idumea
in Gebelem to the number of eighteen thousand.
14 And he set garrisons in Idumea,
even in all Idumea: and all the Idumeans were servants to the king. And the
Lord preserved David wherever he went.
15 And David reigned over all Israel:
and David wrought judgment and justice over all his people.
16 And Joab the son of Saruia
was over the host; and Josaphat the son of Achilud
was keeper of the records.
17 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and
Achimelech son of Abiathar, were priests; and Sasa
was the scribe,
18 and Banæas son of Jodaë
was councillor, and the Chelethite and the
Phelethite, and the sons of David, were princes of the court.