⁵ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king ^(A)of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

⁶ When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents^[a] of silver to hire chariots and horsemen ^(A)from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from ^(B)Zobah.