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, king of the Ammonites, died and his son succeeded him.

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

David said, “I will be kind to Hanun, son of Nahash, for his father was kind to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him over his father's death. David's ambassadors arrived in the land of the Ammonites and went comfort Hanun.

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

But the Ammonite princes said to Hanun, “Do you really think that David is honoring your father by sending comforters to you? Haven't these ‘comforters’ only come to spy out the land to find ways to conquer it?”

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

So Hanun detained David's ambassadors and had them shaved, and their robes cut off at the buttocks. Then he sent them back.

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

A message was sent to David to explain what had happened to the men. David then sent messengers to the men to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then you can come back.”

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 Ammonites realized that they had really been offensive to David So Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

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 also hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army. They came set up camp near Medeba. The Ammonites were also called up from their towns and prepared for battle.

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

When David learned of this, he sent Joab and the entire army to confront them.

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 Ammonites set up their battle lines near the town entrance, while the other kings who had joined them took up 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 realized he would have to fight both in front of him and behind him, he chose some of Israel's best troops and he took charge of them to lead the attack the Arameans.

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 put the rest of the army under the command of Abishai, his brother. They were to attack the Ammonites.

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 told him, “If the Arameans are stronger than me, you come and help me. If the Ammonites are stronger than you, I'll come and help you.

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

Be brave, and fight your best for our people and the towns of our God. May the Lord do what he sees as 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

Joab attacked the Arameans with his forces and they ran away from him.

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

When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had run away, they also ran away from Abishai, Joab's brother, and retreated into the town. So Joab went back 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

As soon as the Arameans saw they had been defeated by the Israelites so they sent for reinforcements from the other side of the Euphrates River, under the leadership of Shobach, commander of Hadadezer's army.

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 this was reported to David, he assembled all Israel together. He crossed the Jordan and approached the Aramean army, drawing up his forces in battle line against them. When David engaged in battle with them they fought with him.

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 Aramean army ran away from the Israelites, and David killed 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 infantry, as well as Shobach, 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 Hadadezer's allies realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. As a result, the Arameans didn't want to help the Ammonites any more.