3 Next David defeated Zobah’s King Hadadezer, Rehob’s son, as Hadadezer was on his way to put his monument along the Euphrates River.
4 David captured one thousand chariots, seven hundred charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.
5 When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Zobah’s King Hadadezer, David killed twenty-two thousand of them.
6 David set up forts among the Arameans of Damascus. And the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought him tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
7 David took the gold shields carried by Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 King David also took a large amount of bronze from Tebah and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer.
9 When Hamath’s King Toi heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,