^{6 Ref} And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

^{7 Ref} And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

^{8 Ref} And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

^{9 Ref} And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

^{10 Ref} He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

^{11 Ref} These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

^{12 Ref} The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

^{13 Ref} And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

^{14 Ref} And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.