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| 1After this it came to pass that David attacked the Philistines and subdued them. And David took Metheg Ammah from the hand of the Philistines. | 1Sometime later, David defeated and subdued the Philistines, taking Metheg-ammah away from the Philistines. |
| 2Then he defeated Moab. Forcing them down to the ground, he measured them off with a line. With two lines he measured off those to be put to death, and with one full line those to be kept alive. So the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought tribute. | 2David also conquered Moab, then measured them with a cord, making them lie down on the ground. He executed everyone measured out in each two lengths' measurement of the cord, but spared the ones measured out by every third length. Then the Moabites were placed under servitude to David, and made to pay tribute. |
| 3David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his territory at the River Euphrates. | 3David also attacked King Hadadezer, Rehob's son from Zobah, when he was attempting to restore his hegemony over the Euphrates River. |
| 4David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots. | 4David captured 1,000 of his chariots, 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David hamstrung all the chariot horses except for enough to supply 100 chariots. |
| 5When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand of the Syrians. | 5When Arameans came from Damascus to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David killed 22,000 of them. |
| 6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. So the LORD preserved David wherever he went. | 6David erected garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, placing the Arameans under servitude to him, and they paid tribute to him. |
| 7And David took the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. | 7David also confiscated the gold shields that belonged to Hadadezer's officers and took them to Jerusalem. |
| 8Also from Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze. | 8He also confiscated a vast quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities under Hadadezer's control. |
| 9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, | 9When King Tou of Hamath learned that David had conquered the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, |
| 10then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze. | 10Tou sent his son Joram to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory over Hadadezer, because he had been at war with Tou. Joram brought articles of silver, gold, and bronze with him, |
| 11King David also dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued— | 11and King David dedicated them to the LORD, along with the silver and gold that had been dedicated from all the nations that he had conquered, |
| 12from Syria, from Moab, from the people of Ammon, from the Philistines, from Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah. | 12including from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and spoil from King Hadadezer, Rehob's son from Zobah. |
| 13And David made himself a name when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt. | 13David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley. |
| 14He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. | 14He erected garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subservient to David, while the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. |
| 15So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people. | 15David reigned over all of Israel, administering justice and equity to every one of his people. |
| 16Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; | 16Zeruiah's son Joab served in charge of the army, Ahilud's son Jehoshaphat was his personal archivist, |
| 17Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe; | 17Ahitub's son Zadok and Abiathar's son Ahimelech were priests, Seraiah was his personal secretary, |
| 18Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief ministers. | 18Jehoida's son Benaiah supervised the special forces and mercenaries, and David's sons were priests. |
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