2 Samuel 8
1 Después de esto derrotó David a los filisteos y los sojuzgó; y David arrebató de las manos de los filisteos el mando de la capital.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Derrotó también a los moabitas; y tendiéndolos en el suelo los midió con la cuerda: midió dos cuerdas sobre los que tenían que morir, y una cuerda entera sobre quienes quedaban con vida. Con esto los moabitas vinieron a ser siervos de David y trajeron tributo.
David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground [close to each other]. His men killed two out of every three of them. The [other] Moab people [were forced to] accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him [every year the] payment/tax [that he demanded].
3 David derrotó también a Hadadéser, hijo de Rehob, rey de Sobá, cuando este salió a restablecer su dominio sobre el río Éufrates.
David’s army also defeated [the army of] Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled [the state of] Zobah [in Syria]. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at [the upper part of] the Euphrates River.
4 David le tomó mil setecientos soldados de a caballo y veinte mil de a pie; y desjarretó David todos los caballos de los carros, sin dejar más que cien carros.
David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to [pull] 100 chariots.
5 Acudieron los sirios de Damasco en ayuda de Hadadéser, rey de Sobá; pero David mató de los sirios veintidós mil hombres.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Y puso David guarniciones en la Siria de Damasco, de modo que los sirios vinieron a ser siervos de David y trajeron tributo. Yahvé hizo triunfar a David dondequiera que fue.
Then David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government [every year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win victories wherever they went.
7 David se llevó los escudos de oro que llevaban los siervos de Hadadéser, y los trajo a Jerusalén;
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 y de Beta y de Berotai, ciudades de Hadadéser, tomó el rey David grandes cantidades de bronce.
They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.
9 Cuando Tou, rey de Hamat, oyó que David había destrozado todo el ejército de Hadadéser,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 envió a Joram, su hijo, al rey David, para saludarle y bendecirle por haber atacado y vencido a Hadadéser, porque Tou era enemigo de Hadadéser. (Joram) trajo consigo vasos de plata, vasos de oro y vasos de bronce,
he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to (congratulate him/say that he was happy) about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s [army] had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze.
11 los cuales el rey David consagró también a Yahvé, además de la plata y el oro que de todos los pueblos sometidos había tomado para consagrarlo;
King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered.
12 a saber, de Siria, de Moab, de los hijos de Arrimón, de los filisteos, de Amalec y del botín tomado a Hadadéser, hijo de Rehob, rey de Sobá.
They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from [the descendants of] Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer [previously] ruled.
13 David se hizo también muy célebre cuando, de vuelta de la victoria sobre los sirios, derrotó a diez y ocho mil (Idumeos) en el valle de las Salinas.
When David returned [after defeating the armies of Syria], he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [near the Dead Sea].
14 Puso también guarniciones en Edom; en toda la comarca de Edom puso guarniciones, y todos los idumeos vinieron a ser siervos de David. Yahvé le dio la victoria a David en todas sus expediciones.
David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
15 Reinó David sobre todo Israel, juzgando y haciendo justicia a todo su pueblo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, hijo de Sarvia, mandaba el ejército; Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, era cronista;
Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do;
17 Sadoc, hijo de Aquitob, y Aquimelec, hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; Saraías era secretario;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Banaías, hijo de Joiadá, mandaba a los cereteos y feleteos. Y los hijos de David eran ministros.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of (David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king); and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors).
