² David also defeated the Moabites and made them lie on the ground, measuring them with a rope. He measured two rope lengths for those who were to be killed and one rope length for those who were to be spared. The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought him tribute.

³ Next David defeated Zobah’s King Hadadezer, Rehob’s son, as Hadadezer was on his way to put^[a] his monument along the Euphrates River.^{[b] 4} David captured one thousand chariots, seven hundred charioteers,^[c] and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He cut the hamstrings of all but one hundred of the chariot horses.