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Then David put garrisons in Damascus in the land of Aram,[a] and the Arameans became subject to David and brought tribute.

The Lord gave victory to David everywhere he went.

David took the gold shields that belonged to the officials of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. From Betah and Berothai,[b] cities of Hadadezer, King David took large amounts of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 8:6 The land of Aram and the Aramean kingdoms occupied the territory of present-day Syria.
  2. 2 Samuel 8:8 The parallel in 1 Chronicles 18:8 has different names for these cities.