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1 Chronicles 18:1–8, “Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.”
After David established the ceremonial and religious basis of his kingdom he was ready to secure his borders. David always consulted the Lord before he ventured forth so he was able to face any enemy in the Lord’s Name. Even though he had defeated the Philistines, he made sure that they were fully subjugated and would not pose a threat to his borders. David also fortified his other borders; he defeated the Moabites who lived to the southeast, they submitted to his suzerainty and paid him regularly. David also moved against the nations to the north and northeast and conquered them as well. He established garrisons in some of the cities to make sure that they didn’t rebel against his rule. David also plundered his enemies and collected their wealth. This was later used to build the Temple.
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