⁵ When the Arameans of Damascus^(A) came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.

⁶ He put garrisons^(A) in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject^(B) to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.^(C)

²³ And God raised up against Solomon another adversary,^(A) Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer^(B) king of Zobah. ²⁴ When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus,^(C) where they settled and took control. ²⁵ Rezon was Israel’s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram^(D) and was hostile toward Israel.