1 Chronicles 18

1 And it comes to pass after this, that David strikes the Philistines, and humbles them, and takes Gath and its small towns out of the hand of the Philistines;

After this, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 and he strikes Moab, and the Moabites are servants to David, bringing a present.

He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

3 And David strikes Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, in his going to establish his power by the Euphrates River,

David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

4 and David captures from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David utterly destroys all the chariots, and leaves of them [only] one hundred chariots.

David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them enough for one hundred chariots.

5 And Aram of Damascus comes to give help to Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David strikes twenty-two thousand men in Aram,

When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

6 and David puts [garrisons] in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans are for servants to David, carrying a present, and YHWH gives salvation to David wherever he has gone.

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

7 And David takes the shields of gold that have been on the servants of Hadarezer, and brings them to Jerusalem;

David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 and from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David has taken very much bronze; with it Solomon has made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.

From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze.

9 And Tou king of Hamath hears that David has struck the whole force of Hadarezer king of Zobah,

When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

10 and he sends his son Hadoram to King David, to ask of him of peace, and to bless him, because that he has fought against Hadarezer and strikes him (for Hadarezer had been a man of wars with Tou); and [with him were] all kinds of vessels, of gold, and silver, and bronze;

he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou); and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.

11 King David has also sanctified them to YHWH with the silver and the gold that he has taken from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: from Edom, from Moab, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

12 And Abishai son of Zeruiah has struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand,

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

13 and he puts garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites are servants to David; and YHWH saves David wherever he has gone.

He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

14 And David reigns over all Israel, and he is doing judgment and righteousness to all his people,

David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness for all his people.

15 and Joab son of Zeruiah [is] over the host, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] remembrancer,

Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

16 and Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar [are] priests, and Shavsha [is] scribe,

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe;

17 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the chief sons of David [are] at the hand of the king.

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief officials serving the king.