1 E aconteceu, depois disto que Naás, rei dos filhos de Amom, morreu; e seu filho reinou em seu lugar.
2 Então disse Davi: Usarei de benevolência com Hanum, filho de Naás, porque seu pai usou de benevolência comigo. Por isso Davi enviou mensageiros para o consolarem acerca de seu pai. E, chegando os servos de Davi à terra dos filhos de Amom, a Hanum, para o consolarem,
3 Disseram os príncipes dos filhos de Amom a Hanum: Pensas porventura, que foi para honrar teu pai aos teus olhos, que Davi te mandou consoladores? Não vieram seus servos a ti, a esquadrinhar, e a transtornar, e a espiar a terra?
4 Por isso Hanum tomou os servos de Davi, e raspou-os, e cortou-lhes as vestes no meio até à coxa da perna, e os despediu.
5 E foram-se, e avisaram a Davi acerca daqueles homens; e enviou ele mensageiros a encontrá-los; porque aqueles homens estavam sobremaneira envergonhados. Disse, pois, o rei: Deixai-vos ficar em Jericó, até que vos torne a crescer a barba, e então voltai.
6 Vendo, pois, os filhos de Amom que se tinham feito odiosos para com Davi, enviou Hanum, e os filhos de Amom, mil talentos de prata para alugarem para si carros e cavaleiros da Mesopotâmia, e da Síria de Maaca, e de Zobá.
7 E alugaram para si trinta e dois mil carros, e o rei de Maaca e o seu povo, e eles vieram, e se acamparam diante de Medeba; também os filhos de Amom se ajuntaram das suas cidades, e vieram para a guerra.
8 O que ouvindo Davi, enviou Joabe e todo o exército dos homens valentes.
9 E, saindo os filhos de Amom, ordenaram a batalha à porta da cidade; porém os reis que vieram se puseram à parte no campo.
10 E, vendo Joabe que a batalha estava preparada contra ele, pela frente e pela retaguarda, separou dentre os mais escolhidos de Israel, e os ordenou contra os sírios.
11 E o resto do povo entregou na mão de Abisai, seu irmão; e puseram-se em ordem de batalha contra os filhos de Amom.
12 E disse: Se os sírios forem mais fortes do que eu, tu virás socorrer-me; e, se os filhos de Amom forem mais fortes do que tu, então eu te socorrerei.
13 Esforça-te, e esforcemo-nos pelo nosso povo, e pelas cidades do nosso Deus, e faça o Senhor o que parecer bem aos seus olhos.
14 Então se chegou Joabe, e o povo que tinha consigo, diante dos sírios, para a batalha; e fugiram de diante dele.
15 Vendo, pois, os filhos de Amom que os sírios fugiram, também eles fugiram de diante de Abisai, seu irmão, e entraram na cidade; e veio Joabe para Jerusalém.
16 E, vendo os sírios que foram derrotados diante de Israel, enviaram mensageiros, e fizeram sair os sírios que habitavam do outro lado do rio; e Sofaque, capitão do exército de Hadar-Ezer, marchava diante deles.
17 Do que avisado Davi, ajuntou a todo o Israel, e passou o Jordão, e foi ter com eles, e ordenou contra eles a batalha; e, tendo Davi ordenado a batalha contra os sírios, pelejaram contra ele.
18 Porém os sírios fugiram de diante de Israel, e feriu Davi, dos sírios, os homens de sete mil carros, e quarenta mil homens de pé; e a Sofaque, capitão do exército, matou.
19 Vendo, pois, os servos de Hadar-Ezer que tinham sido feridos diante de Israel, fizeram paz com Davi, e o serviram; e os sírios nunca mais quiseram socorrer os filhos de Amom.
1 Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his stead.
2 And David said, "I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt loyally with me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came to Hanun in the land of the Ammonites, to console him.
3 But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, "Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"
4 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;
5 and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return."
6 When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopota'mia, from Aram-ma'acah, and from Zobah.
7 They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Ma'acah with his army, who came and encamped before Med'eba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.
8 When David heard of it, he sent Jo'ab and all the army of the mighty men.
9 And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
10 When Jo'ab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians;
11 the rest of his men he put in the charge of Abi'shai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.
12 And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.
13 Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him."
14 So Jo'ab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle; and they fled before him.
15 And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abi'shai, Jo'ab's brother, and entered the city. Then Jo'ab came to Jerusalem.
16 But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphra'tes, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadade'zer at their head.
17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to them, and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand foot soldiers, and killed also Shophach the commander of their army.
19 And when the servants of Hadade'zer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the Ammonites any more.