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He defeated Moab and measured the men with a length of rope after making them lie down on the ground. He measured two lengths to be put to death and one full length to live. The Moabites became subject to David and brought tribute.

David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control[a] at the river Euphrates. David captured seventeen hundred charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers[b] from him. David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but he left enough horses for a hundred chariots.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:3 Literally his hand. The Hebrew word for hand can also mean monument.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:4 In 1 Chronicles 18:4 different statistics are reported.