2 Samuël 8
1 Daarna versloeg David de Filistijnen. Hij onderwierp ze, en ontnam hun Gat met onderhorige steden.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Ook de Moabieten versloeg hij. Hij legde ze plat op de grond, en nam met een snoer hun aantal op; twee derde van de snoerlengte was ten dode gedoemd, een volle derde mocht blijven leven. Zo werden de Moabieten aan David schatplichtig.
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 Vervolgens versloeg David Hadadézer, den zoon van Rechob en koning van Soba, juist toen deze op weg was, zijn zegeteken aan de Rivier op te richten.
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 nam zeventienhonderd van zijn ruiters en tienduizend man van zijn voetvolk gevangen, en van alle paarden, op honderd na, sneed hij de pezen door.
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 En daar de Arameën van Damascus Hadadézer, den koning 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 King 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/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 De gouden schilden, die Hadadézers soldaten droegen, maakte David buit en bracht ze naar Jerusalem,
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 terwijl hij uit Bétach en Berotai, twee steden van Hadadézer, een zeer grote hoeveelheid koper meenam.
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 Toen Tói, de koning van Chamat, vernam, dat David de gehele legermacht van Hadadézer had verslagen,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 zond hij zijn zoon Joram naar koning David, om hem te groeten en geluk te wensen met zijn overwinning op Hadadézer. Hadadézer was namelijk een tegenstander van Tói. Joram bracht zilveren, gouden en koperen voorwerpen mede,
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 en ook deze wijdde koning David aan Jahweh, zoals hij gedaan had met het zilver en goud van alle door hem onderworpen volken,
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 (van Edom, Moab, de Ammonieten, de Filistijnen en Amalekieten), en met de buit, op Hadadézer behaald, den zoon van Rechob en koning van 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 Verder heeft David zich beroemd gemaakt, door, bij zijn terugkeer van de overwinning op Aram, in de Zoutvallei achttienduizend Edomieten te verslaan.
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 Hij stelde in heel Edom stadhouders aan, zodat heel Edom aan David bleef. Zo werd David op al zijn tochten door Jahweh geholpen.
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 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 fair and just.
16 Joab, de zoon van Seroeja, stond over het leger; Jehosjafat, de zoon van Achiloed, was kanselier;
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, de zoon van Achitoeb, en Ebjatar, de zoon van Achimélek, waren priesters; Seraja was schrijver;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benajáhoe, de zoon van Jehojada, ging over de Kretenzen en Peletiërs; de zonen van David waren priesters.
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).
