2Samuel:8-9
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And after this it came to pass ,
that David smote the Philistines ,
and subdued them :
and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines .
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And he smote Moab ,
and measured them with a line ,
casting them down to the ground ;
even with two lines measured he to put to death ,
and with one full line to keep alive .
And so the Moabites became David '
s servants ,
and brought gifts .
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David smote also Hadadezer ,
the son of Rehob ,
king of Zobah ,
as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates .
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And David took from him a thousand chariots ,
and seven hundred horsemen ,
and twenty thousand footmen :
and David houghed all the chariot horses ,
but reserved of them for an hundred chariots .
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And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah ,
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men .
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Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus :
and the Syrians became servants to David ,
and brought gifts .
And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went .
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And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer ,
and brought them to Jerusalem .
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And from Betah ,
and from Berothai ,
cities of Hadadezer ,
king David took exceeding much brass .
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When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer ,
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Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David ,
to salute him ,
and to bless him ,
because he had fought against Hadadezer ,
and smitten him :
for Hadadezer had wars with Toi .
And Joram brought with him vessels of silver ,
and vessels of gold ,
and vessels of brass :
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Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD ,
with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued ;
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Of Syria ,
and of Moab ,
and of the children of Ammon ,
and of the Philistines ,
and of Amalek ,
and of the spoil of Hadadezer ,
son of Rehob ,
king of Zobah .
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And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt ,
being eighteen thousand men .
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And he put garrisons in Edom ;
throughout all Edom put he garrisons ,
and all they of Edom became David '
s servants .
And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went .
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And David reigned over all Israel ;
and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people .
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And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ;
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder ;
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And Zadok the son of Ahitub ,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar ,
were the priests ;
and Seraiah was the scribe ;
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites ;
and David '
s sons were chief rulers .
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And David said ,
Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul ,
that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan '
s sake ?
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And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba .
And when they had called him unto David ,
the king said unto him ,
Art thou Ziba ?
And he said ,
Thy servant is he .
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And the king said ,
Is there not yet any of the house of Saul ,
that I may shew the kindness of God unto him ?
And Ziba said unto the king ,
Jonathan hath yet a son ,
which is lame on his feet .
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And the king said unto him ,
Where is he ?
And Ziba said unto the king ,
Behold ,
he is in the house of Machir ,
the son of Ammiel ,
in Lodebar .
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Then king David sent ,
and fetched him out of the house of Machir ,
the son of Ammiel ,
from Lodebar .
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Now when Mephibosheth ,
the son of Jonathan ,
the son of Saul ,
was come unto David ,
he fell on his face ,
and did reverence .
And David said ,
Mephibosheth .
And he answered ,
Behold thy servant !
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And David said unto him ,
Fear not :
for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father '
s sake ,
and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father ;
and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually .
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And he bowed himself ,
and said ,
What is thy servant ,
that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am ?
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Then the king called to Ziba ,
Saul '
s servant ,
and said unto him ,
I have given unto thy master '
s son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house .
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Thou therefore ,
and thy sons ,
and thy servants ,
shall till the land for him ,
and thou shalt bring in the fruits ,
that thy master '
s son may have food to eat :
but Mephibosheth thy master '
s son shall eat bread alway at my table .
Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants .
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Then said Ziba unto the king ,
According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant ,
so shall thy servant do .
As for Mephibosheth ,
said the king ,
he shall eat at my table ,
as one of the king '
s sons .
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And Mephibosheth had a young son ,
whose name was Micha .
And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth .
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So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem :
for he did eat continually at the king '
s table ;
and was lame on both his feet .
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And it came to pass after this ,
that the king of the children of Ammon died ,
and Hanun his son reigned in his stead .
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