(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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2 Samuel 8:1–8, “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. 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. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 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. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 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. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.”
David trusted the Lord and the Lord gave David a highly successful kingdom. However, there were many other nations who didn’t believe in the Lord and were determined to show that their gods were superior to the Lord God in heaven. David understood that, as a man devoted to the Lord, that these other people were trying to seduce Israel away from serving the Lord. In order to make sure that Israel remained true to the Lord. David led his armies against the other nations and defeated them so that they would not compete against the Lord for the hearts of his own people.
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