Hadad of damascus

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Often appears with: treaties, truces, and peacemaking · strategy and the aims of war · philistines · moabites tribute · euphrates battle · conquest, plunder, and captives

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Antiquities of the Jews primary

Josephus, Flavius · c. 93–94 CE
BOOK I. Containing The Interval Of Three Thousand Eight Hundred And > CHAPTER 5. How David Brought Under The Philistines, And The Moabites, (1/3)

After further war planning, David defeats Philistines, Moabites, and the king of Sophene near the Euphrates, battles Hadad of Damascus, and makes a league with the king of Hamath (Toi).

And The Kings Of Sophene And Of Damascus, And Of The Syrians As Also The Idumeans, In War; And How He Made A League With The King Of Hamath; And Was Mindful Of The Friendship That Jonathan, The Son Of Saul, Had Borne Him. 1. A Litlle while after this, he considered that he ought to make war against the Philistines, and not to see any idleness or laziness permitted in his management, that so it might prove, as God ha…