The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: and brought gifts.
CH1 18:3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
CH1 18:4 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.
CH1 18:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
CH1 18:6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved
David whithersoever he went.
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