Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
Ver. 6. Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus.] Which lay north of Judea, as the Moabites did east, the Philistines west, and the Edomites 2Sa 8:14 south. Thus he laid about him lustily; beating his enemies on all sides; himself the chief actor; for as Virgil hath it -
“ Urget praesentia Turni. ”