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1 En tid härefter slog David filistéerna och kuvade dem. Därvid bemäktigade sig David huvudstaden och tog den ur filistéernas hand.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Han slog ock moabiterna och mätte dem med snöre, i det att han lät dem lägga sig ned på jorden: med två snörlängder mätte han ut den del av dem, som skulle dödas, och med en full snörlängd den del som han låt leva. Så blevo moabiterna David underdåniga och förde till honom skänker.
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 Likaledes slog David Hadadeser, Rehobs son, konungen i Soba, när denne hade dragit åstad för att utsträcka sitt välde till floden.
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 Och David tog till fånga av han folk ett tusen sju hundra ryttare och tjugu tusen man fotfolk; och David lät avskära fotsenorna på alla vagnshästarna, utom på ett hundra hästar, som han skonade.
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 När sedan araméerna från Damaskus kommo för att hjälpa Hadadeser, konungen i Soba, nedgjorde David tjugutvå tusen man av dem.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Och David insatte fogdar bland araméerna i Damaskus, och araméerna blevo David underdåniga och förde till honom skänker. Så gav HERREN seger åt David, varhelst han drog fram.
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 Och David tog de gyllene sköldar som Hadadesers tjänare hade burit och förde dem till Jerusalem.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Och från Hadadesers städer Beta och Berotai tog konung David koppar i stor myckenhet.
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 Då nu Toi, konungen i Hamat, hörde att David hade slagit Hadadesers hela här,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 sände han sin son Joram till konung David för att hälsa honom och lyckönska honom, därför att han hade givit sig i strid med Hadadeser och slagit honom; ty Hadadeser hade varit Tois fiende. Och han hade med sig kärl av silver, av guld och av koppar.
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 Också dessa helgade konung David åt HERREN, likasom han hade gjort med det silver och guld han hade tagit från alla de folk som han hade underlagt sig:
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 från araméerna, moabiterna, Ammons barn, filistéerna och amalekiterna, så ock med det byte han hade tagit från Hadadeser, Rehobs son, konungen i Soba.
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 Och när David kom tillbaka från sin seger över araméerna, gjorde han sig ytterligare ett namn i Saltdalen, där han slog aderton tusen man.
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 Och han insatte fogdar i Edom, i hela Edom insatte han fogdar; och alla edoméer blevo David underdåniga. Så gav HERREN seger åt David, varhelst han drog fram.
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 David regerade nu över hela Israel; och David skipade lag och rätt åt allt sitt folk.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, Serujas son, hade befälet över krigshären, och Josafat Ahiluds son, var kansler.
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 Sadok, Ahitubs son, och Ahimelek, Ebjatars son, voro präster, och Seraja var sekreterare.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benaja, Jojadas son, hade befälet över keretéerna och peletéerna; dessutom voro Davids söner präster.
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).
