1 And it was, after this, so David struck Philistines and subdued them. And David took the bridle i of the mother city ii from Philistines' hand. 2 And he struck Moab and measured with a line laying them down to earth. And he measured two lines to be put to death, and the full line to be kept alive. And Moab was to David for servants bearing tribute.
3 And David struck Hadadezer, iii son of Rechob, king of Zobah, in his going to return his hand in Euphrates River. 4 And David captured from him a thousand seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen. And David hamstrung iv all the chariot horses, and he spared from them a hundred chariot horses.
5 And Aram v of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, and David struck among Aram twenty two thousand men. 6 And David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became to David for servants bearing tribute. And Yehvah saved David wherever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that had belonged to Hadadezer's servants, and he brought them into Jerusalem.
8 And from Betach vi and Berothai, vii cities of Hadadezer, David, the king, took very much bronze. 9 And Toi, viii king of Hamath, heard that David had struck the entire army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah. 10 And Toi sent Joram ix his son to David, the king, to ask for him for peace and to bless him. Because, he had been warring against Hadadezer and struck him. For a man of wars with Toi was Hadadezer. And in his hand were vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of bronze.
11 Also, these, David the king, sanctified to Yehvah with the silver and the gold that he sanctified from all the nations that he subdued, 12 from Aram, and from Moab, and from sons of Ammon, and from Philistines, and from Amalek, and from spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rechob, king of Zobah. 13 And when he returned from his striking Aram, David made a name in Valley of Salt, x eighteen thousand. 14 And he put garrisons in Edom. Throughout Edom he put garrisons, and all of Edom were servants to David. And Yehvah saved David wherever he went.
15 And David reigned over all Israel, and David was doing judgment and righteousness to all his people. 16 And Joab, son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and Jehoshaphat, xi son of Ahilud xii was recorder. xiii 17 And Zadok, xiv son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, son of Abiathar, were priests, and Seraiah xv a scribe, 18 and Benaiah, xvi son of Jehoiada, xvii and the Cherethite and the Pelethite, xviii and David's sons were priests. xix
Translated by Darwin Fish. See original pdf.
- ג גת מ) meteg) “bridle” (e.g. Psalm 32:9; Proverbs 26:3) ASV, YLT, WEB; “Metheg” NKJV; “control” NAS ^
- ה מה אמ') ammâh) “mother city” ASV, WEB; “Ammah” NKJV; “chief city” NAS; “metropolis” YLT – see also 2 Samuel 20:19 “mother” םם א') êm) of Israel. ^
- ר ג ז ג ע דע דמ הד) hadad`ezer) “Hadadezer” (= “Hadad is help”) - found also in 2 Samuel 8:5, 7-10. 12; 10:16, 19; 1 Kings 11:23; 1 Chronicles 18:3, 5, 7-10; 19:16, 19. ^
- See also Joshua 11:6-9. ^
- 5 אדרמם') aram) “Aram” - this is both a name and a people. See footnote for Genesis 10:22. ^
- גטמח ב) betach) “Betach”; NKJV “Betah” - same word as found in Genesis 34:25 (see footnote) – only here for a name. ^
- י רתתמ ם ב) bêrotay) “Berothai” - only here. ^
- י תתעי) to`iy) “Toi” - found also in 2 Samuel 8:10 & “Tou” תתעו) to`u) in 1 Chronicles 18:9-10. ^
- הםֹי) yorâm) “Joram” - named “Hadoram” הדדורהם) hadorâm) in 1 Chronicles 18:10. There is also the king of Judah in 2 Kings 8:21, 23-24; 11:2; 1 Chronicles 3:11, also named “Jehoram” יעהורהם) yehorâm) in 1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 1:17; 8:16, 25, 29; 12:19; 2 Chronicles 21:1, 3-5, 9, 16; 22:1, 6, 11. There is also the king of Israel in 2 Kings 8:16, 25, 28-29; 9:14, 16, 29; 2 Chronicles 22:5, 7, also named “Jerhoram” in 2 Kings 1:17; 3:1, 6; 9:15, 17, 21-23; 2 Chronicles 22:5-7. There is also a Levite in 1 Chronicles 26:25, and “Jerhoram” a priest in 2 Chronicles 17:8. ^
- Valley of Salt was in the northern part of Edom just south of the Dead Sea. ^
- ט פה יעהושה) yehoshâphât) “Jehoshaphat” (= Yah has judged) – found also in 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Chronicles 18:15, also king Jehoshaphat in 1 Kings 15:24, etc., and also father of king Jehu in 2 Kings 9:2, 14, and one of 12 governors of Solomon in 1 Kings 4:17, and one of David's mighty men in 1 Chronicles 11:43 “Joshaphat”ט פה יושה (yoshâphât), and a priest “Joshaphat” in 1 Chronicles 15:24, and the valley of Jehoshaphat in Joel 2:29(H3:2); 3:12(H4:12). ^
- אדחיילוד') achiylud) “Ahilud” - found also in 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Chronicles 18:15, and father of Baana in 1 Kings 4:12. ^
- ממזעכייר) mazkiyr) “recorder” NKJV; “historian” Green; YLT “remembrancer” - noun from the root verb to remember ^
- ק ווֹצהד) tsâdoq) “Zadok” - found also in 2 Samuel 15:24-25, 27, 29, 35; 17:15; 18:19, 22, 27; 19:11; 20:25; 1 Kings 1:8, 26, 32, 34, 38-39, 44-45; 2:35; 4:2, 4; 2 Kings 15:33; 1 Chronicles 6:8, 12, 53; 9:11; 12:28; 15:11; 16:39; 18:16; 24:3, 6, 31; 27:17; 29:22; 2 Chronicles 27:1; 31:10; Ezra 7:2; Nehemiah 3:4, 29; 10:21; 11:11; 13:13; Ezekiel 40:46; 43:19; 44:15; 48:11 ^
- ה רה שע) serâyâh) “Seraiah” - found also in 2 Kings 25:18, 23; 1 Chronicles 4:13-14, 35; 6:14(H5:40); Ezra 2:2; 7:1;
Nehemiah 10:2(H3); 11:11; 12:1, 12; Jeremiah 40:8; 51:59, 61; 52:24, and also as שערהיההו) serâyâhu) in Jeremiah 36:26. ^ - בענהיההו) benâyâhu) “Benaiah” - found also in 2 Samuel 8:23:20, 22, 30; 1 Kings 1:8, 10, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29-30, 34-35, 46; 4:4; 1 Chronicles 11:24; 15:18, 20, 24; 16:5-6; 18:17; 27:5-6, 34; 2 Chronicles 31:13; Ezekiel 11:1, and בענהיהה) benâyâh) in 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Chronicles 4:36; 11:22, 31; 27:14; 2 Chronicles 20:14; Ezra 10:25, 30, 35, 43; Ezekiel 11:13. ^
- יעהויהדהע) yehoyâsdâ`) “Jehoiada” - found also in 2 Samuel 20:23; 23:20, 22; 1 Kings 1:8, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 34-35, 46; 4:4; 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 15, 17; 12:3, 8-9(H10); 1 Chronicles 11:22, 24; 12:27(H28); 18:17; 27:5; 34; 2 Chronicles 22:11; 23:1, 8-9, 11, 14, 16, 18; 24:2-3, 6, 12, 14, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25; Jeremiah 29:26, and ע יויהדה) yoyâdâ`) in Nehemiah 3:6; 12:10-11, 22; 13:28. ^
- י י תי ם ל פע) pelêtiy) “Pelethite” - found also in 2 Samuel 15:18; 20:7, 23; 1 Kings 1:38, 44; 1 Chronicles 18:17. ^
- ניים כתהד) kohaniym) “priests” Green, CEB, CEV, EXB, JUB, etc; “chief ministers” NKJV; “ministers” YLT ^