2 Samuel 8

1 And it comes to pass afterward that David strikes the Philistines, and humbles them, and David takes the bridle of the metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.

2 And he strikes Moab, and measures them with a line, causing them to lie down on the earth, and he measures two lines to put to death, and the fullness of the line to keep alive, and the Moabites are for servants to David, bearers of a present.

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

3 And David strikes Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, in his going to bring back his power by the River [Euphrates];

David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

4 and David captures from him one thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David utterly destroys the whole of the charioteers; he leaves only one hundred of their charioteers.

David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

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

When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.

6 and David puts garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram is for a servant to David, carrying a present; and YHWH saves David wherever he has gone;

Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

7 and David takes the shields of gold which were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brings them to Jerusalem;

And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 and from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David has taken very much bronze.

And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a large amount of bronze.

9 And Toi king of Hamath hears that David has struck all the force of Hadadezer,

When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

10 and Toi sends his son Joram to King David to ask of him of welfare, and to bless him (because that he has fought against Hadadezer, and strikes him, for Hadadezer had been a man of wars [with] Toi), and in his hand have been vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of bronze,

he sent his son Joram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Toi. Joram brought with him articles of silver and gold and bronze,

11 also King David sanctified them to YHWH, with the silver and the gold which he sanctified of all the nations which he subdued:

and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had dedicated from all the nations he had subdued—

12 of Aram, and of Moab, and of the sons of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob king of Zobah.

from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 And David makes a name in his turning back from his striking Aram in the Valley of Salt—eighteen thousand;

And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

14 and he puts garrisons in Edom—he has put garrisons in all of Edom, and all Edom are servants to David; and YHWH saves David wherever he has gone.

He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

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

Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

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

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

17 and Zadok son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech son of Abiathar, [are] priests, and Seraiah [is] scribe,

Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

18 and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is over] both the Cherethite and the Pelethite, and the sons of David have been ministers.

Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priestly leaders.