1 Chronicles 20
1 Now it happened that, after the course of a year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, Joab gathered an army with experienced soldiers, and he laid waste to the land of the sons of Ammon. And he continued on and besieged Rabbah. But David was staying in Jerusalem when Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.
Or il arriva qu’après le cours d’une année, au temps que les rois ont coutume d’aller à la guerre, Joab assembla l’armée, l’élite de la milice, et ravagea la terre des enfants d’Ammon; puis il alla et assiégea Rabba; mais David demeura à Jérusalem pendant que Joab battit Rabba et la détruisit.
2 Then David took the crown of Milcom from his head, and he found in it the weight of one talent of gold, and very precious gems. And he made for himself a diadem from it. Also, he took the best spoils of the city, which were very many.
Or David enleva la couronne de la tête de Melchom, et il y trouva un talent d’or pesant et des pierreries très précieuses, et il s’en fit un diadème; il enleva aussi une grande quantité de dépouilles de la ville;
3 Then he led away the people who were in it. And he caused plows, and sleds, and iron chariots to go over them, so much so that they were cut apart and crushed. So did David treat all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And he returned with all his people to Jerusalem.
Mais le peuple, qui y était, il l’en retira, et fit passer sur eux les traîneaux, les herses et les chars armés de fers; en sorte qu’ils fussent coupés en deux et broyés: ainsi fit David à toutes les villes des enfants d’Ammon, et il revint avec tout son peuple à Jérusalem.
4 After these things, a war was begun at Gezer against the Philistines, in which Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Sippai from the race of the Rephaim, and he humbled them.
Après cela, on entreprit une guerre à Gazer contre les Philistins, en laquelle Sobochaï de Husathi tua Saphaï de la race des Raphaim, et il les humilia.
5 Also, another war was undertaken against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus, a son of the forest, a Bethlehemite, struck the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
On fit encore contre les Philistins une autre guerre, en laquelle Adéodat, fils de Saltus, Bethléhémite, tua le frère de Goliath, le Géthéen, dont le bois de la lance était comme une ensouple de tisserands.
6 Then too, another war occurred in Gath, in which there was a very tall man, having six digits, that is, all together twenty-four. This man too was born from the stock of the Rephaim.
Mais, de plus, il arriva une autre guerre à Geth, en laquelle était un homme très grand, qui avait six doigts, c’est-à-dire, en tout vingt-quatre; qui lui-même aussi était sorti de la race de Rapha.
7 He blasphemed Israel. And Jonathan, the son of Shimea, the brother of David, struck him down.
Celui-ci blasphéma Israël; et Jonathan, fils de Samaa, frère de David, le tua. Ce sont là les enfants de Rapha, à Geth, lesquels tombèrent sous la main de David et de ses serviteurs.
8 These were the sons of the Rephaim in Gath, who fell by the hand of David and his servants.
