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| [1]And it cometh to pass afterwards that David smiteth the Philistines, and humbleth them, and David taketh the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines. |
[1]AND it came to pass after this that David smote the Philistines and defeated them; and David took Ramath-gema from the Philistines. |
| [2]And he smiteth Moab, and measureth them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measureth two lines to put to death, and the fulness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are to David for servants, bearers of a present. |
[2]And he defeated the Moabites, making them tie down on the ground, and measured them with a line; and he measured two lines to be put to death and one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants and brought tribute. |
| [3]And David smiteth Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River [Euphrates;] |
[3]Then David defeated Hadarezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to have dominion at the river Euphrates. |
| [4]and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers. |
[4]And David took from him one thousand and seven hundred chariots and twenty thousand footmen; and David destroyed all the chariots, but reserved of them one hundred chariots. |
| [5]And Aram of Damascus cometh to give help to Hadadezer king of Zobah, and David smiteth of Aram twenty and two thousand men; |
[5]And when the Edomites and the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Edomites twenty-two thousand men. |
| [6]and David putteth garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is to David for a servant, bearing a present; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone; |
[6]Then David put governors in Edom and in Damascus; and the Edomites became servants to David and brought tribute. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. |
| [7]and David taketh the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and bringeth them to Jerusalem; |
[7]And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer; |
| [8]and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, hath king David taken very much brass. |
[8]And from Tebah and from Berothai, cities of Hadarezer, King David took a great quantity of brass and brought it to Jerusalem |
| [9]And Toi king of Hamath heareth that David hath smitten all the force of Hadadezer, |
[9]And when Toa king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadarezer, |
| [10]and Toi sendeth Joram his son unto king David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him, (because that he hath fought against Hadadezer, and smiteth him, for a man of wars [with] Toi had Hadadezer been), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass, |
[10]Then Toa sent Joram his son to King David to salute him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and defeated him; for Hadarezer was a warlike man. And Joram the son of Toa took with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass; and brought them to David; |
| [11]also them did king David sanctify to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued: |
[11]These also King David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued, |
| [12]of Aram, and of Moab, and of the Bene-Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah. |
[12]From Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and from the dominion of Hadarezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. |
| [13]And David maketh a name in his turning back from his smiting Aram in the valley of Salt -- eighteen thousand; |
[13]And David fought there when he returned, after he had defeated Edom in the Valley of Salt, killing eighteen thousand men. |
| [14]and he putteth in Edom garrisons -- in all Edom he hath put garrisons, and all Edom are servants to David; and Jehovah saveth David whithersoever he hath gone. |
[14]And David appointed governors throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went |
| [15]And David reigneth over all Israel, and David is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people, |
[15]And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people. |
| [16]and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer, |
[16]And Joab the son of Zoriah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; |
| [17]and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe, |
[17]And Zadok the son of Ahitub, the Gelionite, and Abiathar the son of Ahimeleck were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe; |
| [18]and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers. |
[18]And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the nobles and the laborers, and David's sons were the princes |