David’s Triumphs
(2 Samuel 8:1–14; Psalm 60:1–12)

1And it came to pass after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its daughters from the hand of the Philistines.

2And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants of David, bringing tribute.

3And David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath in his going to establish his hand by the river Euphrates. 4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand soldiers on foot, and David hamstrung all the chariots and left of them a hundred chariots.

5And the Aramaeans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David struck down twenty-two thousand men of Aram. 6And David placed garrisons† in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became servants of David, bearing tribute, and YHWH preserved David† in all to which he went.

7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem. 8And from Tibhath† and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought a large amount of bronze with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, and the pillars, and the articles of bronze.

9And Tou† king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, 10and he sent Hadoram† his son to King David to ask of him peace and to bless him, upon that he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him. For Hadadezer had been a man at war with Tou, and he had all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. 11These also King David dedicated to YHWH, along with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations—from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

12And Abishai son of Zeruiah struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand. 13And He put in Edom garrisons, and all Edom became servants of David. And YHWH saved David in all to which he went.

David’s Officers
(2 Samuel 8:15–18)

14And David reigned over all Israel, and it came to pass that he was doing judgment and justice to all his people.

15And Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;

and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;

16and Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech† son of Abiathar were priests;

and Shavsha† was scribe;

17and Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;

and the sons of David were the chief ministers at the side of the king.

Footnotes:

6 LXX and Vulgate (see also 2 Samuel 8:6 and Syriac); Hebrew does not include garrisons.
6 Or YHWH saved David; also in verse 13
8 Tibhath is a variant of Tebah; see 2 Samuel 8:8 LXX.
9 Tou is a variant of Toi; also in verse 10; see 2 Samuel 8:9.
10 Hadoram is a variant of Joram; see 2 Samuel 8:10.
16 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, and Syriac (see also 2 Samuel 8:17); most Hebrew manuscripts Abimelech
16 Shavsha is also called Seraiah, Sheva, and Shisha; see 2 Samuel 8:17, 2 Samuel 20:25, and 1 Kings 4:3.