1 E depois disto aconteceu que Davi derrotou os filisteus, e os sujeitou; e tomou a Gate, e os lugares da sua jurisdição, da mão dos filisteus.
2 Também derrotou os moabitas; e os moabitas ficaram por servos de Davi, pagando tributos.
3 Também Davi derrotou a Hadar-Ezer, rei de Zobá, junto a Hamate, quando ele ia estabelecer o seu domínio sobre o rio Eufrates.
4 E Davi lhe tomou mil carros, e sete mil cavaleiros, e vinte mil homens de pé; e Davi jarretou todos os cavalos dos carros; porém reservou deles para cem carros.
5 E vieram os sírios de Damasco a socorrer a Hadar-Ezer, rei de Zobá; porém Davi feriu dos sírios vinte e dois mil homens.
6 E Davi pôs guarnições na Síria de Damasco, e os sírios ficaram por servos de Davi, pagando-lhe tributo; e o Senhor guardava a Davi, por onde quer que ia.
7 E Davi tomou os escudos de ouro, que tinham os servos de Hadar-Ezer, e os trouxe a Jerusalém.
8 Também de Tibate, e de Cum, cidades de Hadar-Ezer, tomou Davi muitíssimo cobre, de que Salomão fez o mar de cobre, e as colunas, e os utensílios de cobre.
9 E ouvindo Toí, rei de Hamate, que Davi destruíra todo o exército de Hadar-Ezer, rei de Zobá,
10 Mandou seu filho Hadorão a Davi, para lhe perguntar como estava, e para o abençoar, por haver pelejado contra Hadar-Ezer, e por havê-lo ferido (porque Hadar-Ezer fazia guerra a Toí), enviando-lhe também toda a sorte de vasos de ouro, e de prata, e de cobre.
11 Os quais Davi também consagrou ao Senhor, juntamente com a prata e ouro que trouxera de todas as demais nações: dos edomeus, e dos moabitas, e dos filhos de Amom, e dos filisteus, e dos amalequitas.
12 Também Abisai, filho de Zeruia, feriu a dezoito mil edomeus no Vale do Sal.
13 E pôs guarnições em Edom, e todos os edomeus ficaram por servos de Davi; e o Senhor guardava a Davi, por onde quer que ia.
14 E Davi reinou sobre todo o Israel; e fazia juízo e justiça a todo o seu povo.
15 E Joabe, filho de Zeruia, comandava o exército; Jeosafá, filho de Ailude, era cronista.
16 E Zadoque, filho de Aitube, e Abimeleque, filho de Abiatar, eram sacerdotes; e Savsa escrivão.
17 E Benaia, filho de Joiada, estava sobre os quereteus e peleteus; porém os filhos de Davi eram os primeiros junto ao rei.
1 After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he defeated Moab, and the Mo'abites became servants to David and brought tribute.
3 David also defeated Hadade'zer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphra'tes.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadade'zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadade'zer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadade'zer, David took very much bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.
9 When To'u king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadade'zer, king of Zobah,
10 he sent his son Hador'am to King David, to greet him, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadade'zer and defeated him; for Hadade'zer had often been at war with To'u. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze;
11 these also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Am'alek.
12 And Abi'shai, the son of Zeru'iah, slew eighteen thousand E'domites in the Valley of Salt.
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the E'domites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and equity to all his people.
15 And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah was over the army; and Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder;
16 and Zadok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary;
17 and Benai'ah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and David's sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.