18:5a When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah,

The Aramean ⌊people from the region⌋ of Damascus went to help Hadadezer king of Zobah.
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The Syrian ⌊army from the territory⌋ of Damascus came to help ⌊their countrymen, the army of⌋ king Hadadezer.

18:5b David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

⌊When they went,⌋ David killed twenty-two thousand ⌊Arameans⌋ .
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⌊But when the Syrians came, the army of⌋ David overcame and killed twenty-two thousand (22,000) of them.

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