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Read Full Chapter (2 Samuel 8) 2 Samuel 8:6 KJV
"Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went."
2 Samuel 8:6 in Context (Verses 3–9 KJV)
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¶ David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.*
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And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.*
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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
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Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
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And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
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And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
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¶ When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,