⁵ When the Arameans of Damascus^(A) came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them. ⁶ He put garrisons^(B) in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject^(C) to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.^(D)

⁷ David took the gold shields^(E) that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸ From Tebah^[a] and Berothai,^(F) towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.

⁹ When Tou^[b] king of Hamath^(G) heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,^(H)

David’s Officials^(A)

¹⁵ David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right^(B) for all his people.