1 Chronicles 19

1 and to be after so and to die Nahash king son: descendant/people Ammon and to reign son: child his underneath: instead him

Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.

2 and to say David to make: do kindness with Hanun son: child Nahash for to make: do father his with me kindness and to send: depart David messenger to/for to be sorry: comfort him upon father his and to come (in): come servant/slave David to(wards) land: country/planet son: descendant/people Ammon to(wards) Hanun to/for to be sorry: comfort him

[When] David [heard about that, he] thought [to himself], “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father [had died]. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,

3 and to say ruler son: descendant/people Ammon to/for Hanun to honor: honour David [obj] father your in/on/with eye: appearance your for to send: depart to/for you to be sorry: comfort not in/on/with for the sake of to/for to search and to/for to overturn and to/for to spy [the] land: country/planet to come (in): come servant/slave his to(wards) you

the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is really to honor your father that King David is sending these men to say that he is sorry that your father died? [We think that] his men have come to (look around/spy) our city in order to determine how his [army] can conquer us.”

4 and to take: take Hanun [obj] servant/slave David and to shave them and to cut: cut [obj] garment their in/on/with half till [the] hip and to send: depart them

Hanun [believed what they said, so he commanded some soldiers to] seize the officials whom David had sent, and shave off their beards, and [insult them by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, and then send them away. [So his soldiers did that].

5 and to go: went and to tell to/for David upon [the] human and to send: depart to/for to encounter: meet them for to be [the] human be humiliated much and to say [the] king to dwell in/on/with Jericho till which to spring beard your and to return: return

The officials were greatly humiliated/ashamed. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent some messengers to them to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”

6 and to see: see son: descendant/people Ammon for to stink with David and to send: depart Hanun and son: descendant/people Ammon thousand talent silver: money to/for to hire to/for them from Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and from Aram (Maacah) (Aram)-maacah and from Zobah chariot and horseman

Then the [leaders of the] Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David. So Hanun and some of his officials sent about (37,000 pounds/34,000 kg.) of silver to hire chariots and chariot-drivers from [the] Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Maacah and Zobah [regions of Syria northeast of Israel].

7 and to hire to/for them two and thirty thousand chariot and [obj] king Maacah and [obj] people: soldiers his and to come (in): come and to camp to/for face: before Medeba and son: descendant/people Ammon to gather from city their and to come (in): come to/for battle

They hired 32,000 chariots and chariot-drivers, as well as the king of [the] Maacah [region] and his army. They came and set up their tents near Medeba [town in Moab region]. The soldiers from the Ammon people-group also marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) [at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah].

8 and to hear: hear David and to send: depart [obj] Joab and [obj] all army [the] mighty man

When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army.

9 and to come out: come son: descendant/people Ammon and to arrange battle entrance [the] city and [the] king which to come (in): come to/for alone them in/on/with land: country

The soldiers of the Ammon people-group came out of their city and lined up for battle at the entrance to [their capital city, Rabbah]. Meanwhile, the other kings who had come [with their armies] stood in their positions in the open fields.

10 and to see: see Joab for to be face: before [the] battle to(wards) him face: before and back and to choose from all to choose in/on/with Israel and to arrange to/for to encounter: toward Syria

Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he selected some of the best Israeli troops and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.

11 and [obj] remainder [the] people: soldiers to give: put in/on/with hand: power Abishai brother: male-sibling his and to arrange to/for to encounter: toward son: descendant/people Ammon

He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of his other soldiers and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.

12 and to say if to strengthen: strengthen from me Syria and to be to/for me to/for deliverance: salvation and if son: descendant/people Ammon to strengthen: strengthen from you and to save you

Joab said to them, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, then your soldiers must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat them, then my soldiers will come and help your men.

13 to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen: strengthen about/through/for people our and about/through/for city God our and LORD [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance his to make: do

We must be strong/courageous, and fight hard to [defend] our people and our cities (that belong to/where we worship) our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good.”

14 and to approach: approach Joab and [the] people which with him to/for face: before Syria to/for battle and to flee from face: before his

So Joab and his troops [advanced to] fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.

15 and son: descendant/people Ammon to see: see for to flee Syria and to flee also they(masc.) from face: before Abishai brother: male-sibling his and to come (in): come [the] city [to] and to come (in): come Joab Jerusalem

And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.

16 and to see: see Syria for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to send: depart messenger and to come out: send [obj] Syria which from side: beyond [the] River and Shophach ruler army Hadarezer to/for face: before their

After [the leaders of the army of] Syria realized that they had been defeated by [the army of] Israel, they sent messengers to [another part of Syria on] the east side of the [Euphrates] river, and brought troops from there [to the battle area], with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them.

17 and to tell to/for David and to gather [obj] all Israel and to pass [the] Jordan and to come (in): come to(wards) them and to arrange to(wards) them and to arrange David to/for to encounter: toward Syria battle and to fight with him

When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River]. They advanced and took their battle positions to attack the army of Syria.

18 and to flee Syria from to/for face: before Israel and to kill David from Syria seven thousand chariot and forty thousand man on foot and [obj] Shophach ruler [the] army to die

But the army of Syria ran away from the soldiers of Israel. However, David’s soldiers killed 7,000 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also killed Shophach, their army commander.

19 and to see: see servant/slave Hadarezer for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to ally with David and to serve him and not be willing Syria to/for to save [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon still

When the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with David, and agreed to allow him to rule them. So the rulers of Syria did not want to help the rulers of the Ammon people-group any more.