Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

and had become the leader of a gang of outlaws. (This happened after David had defeated Hadadezer and had slaughtered his Syrian allies.) Rezon and his gang went and lived in Damascus, where his followers made him king of Syria.

When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men.

Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The LORD made David victorious everywhere.

He captured the territory of Hamath and Zobah

and fortified the city of Palmyra in the desert. He rebuilt all the cities in Hamath that were centers for storing supplies.