1 Kronieken 18
1 Daarna versloeg David de Filistijnen. Hij onderwierp ze, en ontnam hun Gat met onderhorige steden.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Ook de Moabieten versloeg hij; sindsdien waren de Moabieten aan David schatplichtig.
His [army] also defeated [the army of] the Moab [people-group]. The people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and also to pay money [each year to David’s government, in order that David’s army would protect them].
3 Vervolgens versloeg hij Hadadézer, den koning van Soba, te Chamat, juist toen deze op weg was, zijn zegeteken aan de rivier de Eufraat op te richten.
David’s [army] also fought against [the army of] Hadadezer, the king of [the] Zobah [region in Syria] near Hamath [city], when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River.
4 David ontnam hem duizend strijdwagens, zevenduizend van zijn ruiters en tienduizend man van zijn voetvolk, en van alle paarden, op honderd na, sneed hij de pezen door.
David’s [army] captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.
5 En daar de Arameën van Damascus koning Hadadézer van Soba te hulp waren gekomen, doodde David van de Arameën twee en twintigduizend man.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Hij stelde in Aram van Damascus stadhouders aan, en het werd aan David schatplichtig. Zo werd David op al zijn tochten door Jahweh geholpen.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers in Damascus, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to pay to David’s government [each year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles everywhere they went.
7 De gouden schilden, die Hadadézers soldaten droegen, maakte David buit, en bracht ze naar Jerusalem,
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 terwijl hij uit Tibchat en Koen, twee steden van Hadadézer, een zeer grote hoeveelheid koper meenam; daarvan maakte Salomon de koperen zee, de zuilen en de koperen vaten.
They also brought from Tebah (OR, Tibhath) and Cun, two towns that belonged to Hadadezer, a lot of bronze, which [David’s son] Solomon [later] used to make the huge bronze basin and the pillars and other bronze items [for the temple].
9 Toen Tóoe, de koning van Chamat, vernam, dat David de gehele legermacht van Hadadézer, den koning van Soba, had verslagen,
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 zond hij zijn zoon Hadoram naar David, om hem te groeten en geluk te wensen met zijn overwinning op Hadadézer. Hadadézer was namelijk een tegenstander van Tóoe. Hadoram bracht gouden, zilveren en koperen voorwerpen mede,
he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and (congratulate him/tell him that he was happy) about his defeating Hadadezer’s army, which had been fighting [the army of] Tou. Hadoram brought to David many items/gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 en ook deze wijdde David aan Jahweh, zoals hij gedaan had met het zilver en goud, dat hij buitgemaakt had op alle volken: op Edom, Moab, de Ammonieten, de Filistijnen en de Amalekieten.
King David dedicated those things to Yahweh, like he had done with the silver and gold that his soldiers had taken from [the] Edom and Moab [people-groups], and from the Ammon people-group and from the people of Philistia, and from [the descendants of] Amalek.
12 Absjai, de zoon van Seroeja, versloeg achttien duizend Edomieten in het Zoutdal.
[One of David’s army commanders, ] Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, went with his army and killed 18,000 soldiers from Edom in the Salt Valley.
13 David stelde in heel Edom stadhouders aan, zodat heel Edom aan David bleef. Zo werd David op al zijn tochten door Jahweh geholpen.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers there in Edom, and the people of Edom were forced to accept David as their king and to pay money to David’s government [every year]. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
14 David regeerde dus over geheel Israël, en handelde met heel zijn volk naar wet en recht.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Joab, de zoon van Seroeja, stond over het leger; Jehosjafat, de zoon van Achiloed, was kanselier;
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Sadok, de zoon van Achitoeb, en Abimélek, de zoon van Ebjatar, waren priesters; Sjawsja was geheimschrijver;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Benaja, de zoon van Jehodaja, ging over de Kretenzen en Peletiërs; de zonen van David waren de voornaamste raadgevers van den koning.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled over the Kereth and Peleth groups [who were David’s bodyguards]. And David’s sons were his most important officials.
