When the Arameansof Damascuscameto helpHadadezerkingof Zobah,Davidkilled22000menof the Arameans.
Davidalso defeatedHadadezerkingof Zobah[as far as] Hamath,as he wentto establishhis ruleto the EuphratesRiver.
Davidtookfrom him 1,000chariotsand 7,000horsemenand 20,000footsoldiers,and Davidhamstrungallthe chariothorses,but reserved[enough] of them for 100chariots.
Then Davidput[garrisons] among the Arameansof Damascus;and the Arameansbecameservantsto David,bringingtribute.And the LORDhelpedDavidwhereverhe went.
When the sonsof Ammonsawthat they had madethemselves odiousto David,Hanunand the sonsof Ammonsent1000talentsof silverto hirefor themselves chariotsand horsemenfrom Mesopotamia,from Aram-maacahand from Zobah.
You have made the landquake,You have splitit open;Healits breaches,for it totters.
Now when Saulhad takenthe kingdomoverIsrael,he foughtagainst allhis enemieson everyside,against Moab,the sonsof Ammon,Edom,the kingsof Zobah,and the Philistines;and whereverhe turned,he inflictedpunishment.
