¶ The battayles of Dauid agaynst the Philistines.
CAPI. XVIII.
ANd after this it fortuned, that Dauid [unspec A] smote the Philistine, and subdued them and toke Geth & the townes that lon∣ged therto, out of the hande of the Philistin{is}. And he smote Moab, and the Moabites be∣came Dauids seruauntes, and payde hym tribute. And Dauid smote Hadadezer kynge of Zoba vnto Hanath, as he went to stablysh his dominyon by the ryuer Euphrates. And Dauid toke from hym a. M. charettes, and vu. M. horse men, and. xx. M. foremen, & la∣med all the charet horses, & reserued of them an hundred charett{is}. And when the Sirians [unspec B] of Damasco came to helpe Hadadezer kynge of Zoba, Dauid slue of the Sirians xxii. M. and Dauid subdued Siria Damasco: And the Sirians became Dauids seruauntes, & brought hym trybute. And the Lorde preser∣ued Dauid in all that he went to. And Dauid toke the Scheldes of golde that were on the seruauntes of Hadadezer, and brought them to Ierusalem. And from Tebhath and from Chun (cytyes of Hadadezer) brought Dauid excedyng moche brasse. Wher with Salomon made the brasen lauatorye, the pyllers / and the vessels of brasse.
And when Tou kynge of Hemath, herde [unspec C] howe Dauid had beaten all the strength of Hadadezer kynge of Zoba, he sent Haduram his son to kynge Dauid, to make peace with hym & to blesse hym, bycause he had fought agaynste Hadadezer, and beaten hym: (for Tou had war with Hadarezer) and (Ioram brought) all maner of Iuels of golde, syluer and brasse with him. And kynge Dauid dedy cated them vnto the Lorde, with the syluer & golde that he brought from al nacyons from Edom, from Moab, frō the chyldren of Am∣mon, from the Philistin{is}, and from Amalec. And Abisai the son of Zeruia siue of the Edo¦mites [unspec D] in the salte valley. xviii. M, and put Souldyours in Edom, and all the Edomi∣tes became Dauids seruauntes. Thus the lorde kept Dauid in all that he toke in hande And Dauid reygned ouer all Israell, & exe∣cuted iudgement & ryghteousnesse among al his people. And Ioab the son of Zaruia was ouer the hoost, & Iohosaphat the son of Ahi∣lud recorder, and sadocke the son of Ahitob, and Abimelech the Sonne of Abiathar were the preestes, and Sauesa was scrybe, and Ba¦naiahu the sonne of Iehoiada was ouer the Crethites, and the Phelethites, and the eldest sonnes of Dauid were nexte vnto the kynge.