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David also defeated Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to establish his supremacy at the Euphrates River.
And when the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.
And David took the gold shields that Hadadezer's servants had and brought them to Jerusalem.
And from Betach and from Berotai, the cities of Hadadezer, David took a great amount of bronze.
And when Toi, king of Hamath, heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
Toi sent his son Joram to King David to congratulate him, and he blessed him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. For Hadadezer had fought against Toi and had taken with him silver vessels, gold vessels, and bronze vessels.
from Aram, from Moab, from the sons of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
And Hadadezer [king of Zobah in northern Syria, see 2 Sam. 8:3] sent and brought the Arameans who were beyond the River [Euphrates], and they came to Helam, with Shobach, commander of the army of Hadadezer, at their head.[Chejlam means "stronghold"; a place east of the Jordan River, but west of the Euphrates River. It is mentioned only here and in the next verse (and perhaps in ). Chejlam is also mentioned in an Egyptian execution text (to curse their enemies) that is almost a thousand years older; future archaeological finds may help to identify the exact location of the site.]
When all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer [other cities in the northern region of Syria and on the other side of the Euphrates River] saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them [they became subject to Israel]. And the Arameans never again dared to rescue (help) the sons of Ammon.
And God (Elohim) raised up another adversary against him, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master Hadadezer, king of Zobah.
David also defeated Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath [in present-day southern Syria, not far from Tell Dan, see ], when he had gone to restore his power along the Euphrates River.
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 of them.
David took the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer's servants and brought them to Jerusalem.
From Hadadezer's cities of Tibhat and Kun, David took a great quantity of copper. Solomon used it to make the bronze sea, the pillars, and the bronze vessels.
When Tou, king of Hamath [in the north], heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,
he sent his son Hadoram to King David to greet him and pay him tribute for fighting Hadadezer and defeating him. Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. He brought with him all kinds of vessels of gold, silver, and bronze.
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to the Arameans who were beyond the River. They came out under the command of Shophach, commander of Hadadezer's army.
When Hadadezer's servants saw that they had been defeated by the Israelites, they made peace with David and became his servants. After this, the Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
