2 Samuel 8:1-2

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

David’s Wars

8 Some time afterward, David attacked the Philistines and subdued them; David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.

² He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death, and one length^[a] for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.