And David captured from him [a]1,700 horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David (A)hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots. When (B)the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David [b]killed twenty-two thousand men among the Arameans. Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and (C)the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And (D)the Lord helped David wherever he went.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:4 Here LXX reads as 1 Chr 18:4; partial DSS text appears to also
  2. 2 Samuel 8:5 Lit struck

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