He also defeated the Moabites, and after making them lie down on the ground, he measured them off with a cord. He measured every two cord lengths of those to be put to death and one full length of those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute.(A)

David also defeated Hadadezer(B) son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control at the Euphrates River. David captured seventeen hundred horsemen[a] and twenty thousand foot soldiers from him, and he hamstrung all the horses(C) and kept a hundred chariots.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8:4 LXX, DSS read 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen
  2. 8:4 Or chariot horses

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