and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees;<n id="1" /> they live there to this very day.p>

but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it<n id="1" /> and defeated the Philistines; the <sc>Lordsc> gave them a great victory.<n id="2" />p>

David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.p>

<p class="bodytext">He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David&#8217;s subjects and brought tribute.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority<n id="1" /> to the Euphrates River.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Abishai son of Zeruiah<n id="1" /> killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea,<n id="1" /> David&#8217;s brother, killed him.p>

God was also offended by it,<n id="1" /> so he attacked Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab;<n id="1" /> he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day.

<p class="bodytext">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.p>

The Philistines stayed right on the heels of<n id="1" /> Saul and his sons. They<n id="2" /> struck down Saul&#8217;s<n id="3" /> sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

<n id="1" /> David said, &#8220;Whoever attacks<n id="2" /> the Jebusites first will become commanding general!&#8221;<n id="3" /> So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked<n id="4" /> first and became commander.<n id="5" />

The <sc>Lordsc> was so furious with Uzzah,<n id="1" /> he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark.<n id="2" /> He died right there before God.<n id="3" />p>

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack.<n id="1" /> For at that moment the <sc>Lordsc> is going before you to strike down the army<n id="2" /> of the Philistines.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns<n id="1" /> away from the Philistines.<n id="2" />p>

The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans.

<p class="bodytext">When King Tou<n id="1" /> of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later there was a battle<n id="1" /> with the Philistines in Gezer.<n id="2" /> At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai,<n id="3" /> one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines<n id="4" /> were subdued.p>

<p class="bodytext">There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite,<n id="1" /> whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver&#8217;s loom.<n id="2" />p>

The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites&#8217; settlements,<n id="1" /> as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them,<n id="2" /> for they found pasture for their sheep there.