Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.

David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.

6. When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the SYRIAns of Beth Rehob, and the SYRIAns of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

7. When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.

8. The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The SYRIAns of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.

5. When the SYRIAns of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the SYRIAns.

6. Then David put garrisons in SYRIA of Damascus; and the SYRIAns became servants to David, and brought tribute. the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

7. David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8. From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

9. When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.