1 Depois disso, Davi bateu os filisteus e os submeteu, tirando-lhes as rédeas do governo.

2 Depois bateu os moabitas e mediu-os com uma corda, fazendo-os deitar-se por terra: duas medidas de corda para a morte, e uma medida plena de corda para a vida. Os moabitas tornaram-se súditos de Davi e pagaram-lhe tributo.

3 Davi derrotou em seguida Hadadezer, filho de Roob, rei de Soba, quando este foi restabelecer o seu exército junto do rio.

4 Davi tomou-lhe mil e setecentos cavaleiros e vinte mil soldados de infantaria e cortou os jarretes de todos os cavalos de carros, dos quais somente reservou cem.

5 Os arameus de Damasco, tendo vindo em socorro de Hadadezer, foram feridos por Davi, que abateu vinte e dois mil deles.

6 Feito isso, estabeleceu guarnições em Arão de Damasco, e os arameus tornaram-se súditos de Davi, pagando-lhe tributo. Desse modo, o Senhor fazia que Davi triunfasse em toda parte por onde ia.

7 Tomou Davi os escudos de ouro que pertenciam aos soldados de Hadadezer e levou-os para Jerusalém.

8 De Bete e de Berot, cidades de Hadadezer, levou ainda bronze em grande quantidade.

9 Ouvindo Toú, rei de Hamat, que Davi tinha desbaratado o exército de Hadadezer,

10 mandou seu filho Adorão ao rei Davi para saudá-lo e felicitá-lo por ter combatido e vencido Hadadezer, pois este era inimigo de Toú. Adorão levou a Davi muitos presentes em prata, ouro e bronze,

11 que o rei consagrou ao Senhor, juntamente com a prata e o ouro de todos os povos que subjugara:

12 Edom, Moab, os amonitas, os filisteus, Amalec, e ainda o espólio de Hadadezer, filho de Roob, rei de Soba.

13 Voltando de sua vitória sobre os arameus, Davi aumentou ainda o seu renome, vencendo dezoito mil edomitas no vale do Sal.

14 Estabeleceu então governadores em Edom, e todos os edomitas tornaram-se súditos de Davi. E assim, o Senhor fazia com que Davi triunfasse em toda parte por onde ia.

15 Reinava pois Davi sobre todo o Israel, e praticava a justiça e a eqüidade para com todo o seu povo.

16 Joab, filho de Sarvia, comandava o exército; Josafá, filho de Ailud, era o cronista;

17 Sadoc, filho de Aquitob, e Aquimelec, filho de Abiatar, eram sacerdotes e Saraias era escriba.

18 Banaías, filho de Jojada, comandava os cereteus e os feleteus. Os filhos de Davi eram sacerdotes.

1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

2 And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

3 And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

4 And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

6 And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

7 And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

8 And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

9 And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

11 These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

12 The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;

17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;

18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.