2Sa 8:3-8, 10:16-18, 1Ch 18:3-11, 19:6-19 | ESV | STEP | David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob , king of Zobah , as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates .

3 David also defeated ^aHadadezer the son of Rehob, king of ^bZobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates. 4 ^cAnd David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David ^dhamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots. 5 ^eAnd when the ^fSyrians of Damascus came to help ^gHadadezer king of ^hZobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians. 6 Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians ⁱbecame servants to David and brought tribute. ^jAnd the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went. 7 And David took ^kthe shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took very much bronze.

2 Samuel 10:16-18

16 And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond ^lthe Euphrates. ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} They came to Helam, with ⁿShobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to Helam. The Syrians arrayed themselves against David and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of 700 chariots, and 40,000 horsemen, and wounded ^oShobach the commander of their army, so that he died there.

1 Chronicles 18:3-11

3 David also defeated ^pHadadezer king of ^qZobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument ^{▼▼Hebrew hand} at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him 1,000 chariots, ^s7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king ^tof Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians. 6 Then David put garrisons ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate, 2 Samuel 8:6 (compare Syriac); Hebrew lacks garrisons} in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the Lord gave victory to David ^{▼▼Hebrew the Lord saved David; also verse 13} wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from ^wTibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze. ^xWith it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

9 When ^yTou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king ^zof Zobah, 10 he sent his son ^aaHadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against ^abHadadezer and defeated him; for ^acHadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze. 11 These also King David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and gold that he had carried off from all the nations, from ^adEdom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

1 Chronicles 19:6-19

6 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver to hire chariots and horsemen ^affrom Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from ^agZobah. 7 They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before ^ahMedeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle. 8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men. 9 And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

Ammonites and Syrians Defeated

10 When Joab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Syrians. 11 The rest of his men he put in the charge of ^aiAbishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites. 12 And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you. 13 Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.” 14 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him. 15 And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before ^ajAbishai, Joab’s brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

16 But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates, ^{▼▼Hebrew the River} with ^alShophach the commander of the army of ^amHadadezer at their head. 17 And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan and came to them and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before Israel, and David killed of the Syrians the men of ^an7,000 chariots and 40,000 ^aofoot soldiers, and put to death also ^apShophach the commander of their army. 19 And when the servants of ^aqHadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to save the Ammonites anymore.