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David’s Kingdom Expands

Now afterward David attacked the Philistines and subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah[a] from the hand of the Philistines. He also defeated Moab. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them with a cord. Every two measures of them were put to death, and the third measure was kept alive. So the Moabites became vassals to David, bringing tribute.

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  1. 2 Samuel 8:1 Or, the bridle of the mother city.