1 Chronicles 19

1 and to be after so and to die Nahash king son: descendant/people Ammon and to reign son: child his underneath: instead him

After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

2 and to say David to make: do kindness with Hanun son: child Nahash for to make: do father his with me kindness and to send: depart David messenger to/for to be sorry: comfort him upon father his and to come (in): come servant/slave David to(wards) land: country/planet son: descendant/people Ammon to(wards) Hanun to/for to be sorry: comfort him

David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.

3 and to say ruler son: descendant/people Ammon to/for Hanun to honor: honour David [obj] father your in/on/with eye: appearance your for to send: depart to/for you to be sorry: comfort not in/on/with for the sake of to/for to search and to/for to overturn and to/for to spy [the] land: country/planet to come (in): come servant/slave his to(wards) you

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honours your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”

4 and to take: take Hanun [obj] servant/slave David and to shave them and to cut: cut [obj] garment their in/on/with half till [the] hip and to send: depart them

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.

5 and to go: went and to tell to/for David upon [the] human and to send: depart to/for to encounter: meet them for to be [the] human be humiliated much and to say [the] king to dwell in/on/with Jericho till which to spring beard your and to return: return

Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

6 and to see: see son: descendant/people Ammon for to stink with David and to send: depart Hanun and son: descendant/people Ammon thousand talent silver: money to/for to hire to/for them from Mesopotamia Mesopotamia and from Aram (Maacah) (Aram)-maacah and from Zobah chariot and horseman

When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.

7 and to hire to/for them two and thirty thousand chariot and [obj] king Maacah and [obj] people: soldiers his and to come (in): come and to camp to/for face: before Medeba and son: descendant/people Ammon to gather from city their and to come (in): come to/for battle

So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

8 and to hear: hear David and to send: depart [obj] Joab and [obj] all army [the] mighty man

When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.

9 and to come out: come son: descendant/people Ammon and to arrange battle entrance [the] city and [the] king which to come (in): come to/for alone them in/on/with land: country

The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

10 and to see: see Joab for to be face: before [the] battle to(wards) him face: before and back and to choose from all to choose in/on/with Israel and to arrange to/for to encounter: toward Syria

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

11 and [obj] remainder [the] people: soldiers to give: put in/on/with hand: power Abishai brother: male-sibling his and to arrange to/for to encounter: toward son: descendant/people Ammon

The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

12 and to say if to strengthen: strengthen from me Syria and to be to/for me to/for deliverance: salvation and if son: descendant/people Ammon to strengthen: strengthen from you and to save you

He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

13 to strengthen: strengthen and to strengthen: strengthen about/through/for people our and about/through/for city God our and LORD [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance his to make: do

Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do that which seems good to him.”

14 and to approach: approach Joab and [the] people which with him to/for face: before Syria to/for battle and to flee from face: before his

So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

15 and son: descendant/people Ammon to see: see for to flee Syria and to flee also they(masc.) from face: before Abishai brother: male-sibling his and to come (in): come [the] city [to] and to come (in): come Joab Jerusalem

When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

16 and to see: see Syria for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to send: depart messenger and to come out: send [obj] Syria which from side: beyond [the] River and Shophach ruler army Hadarezer to/for face: before their

When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.

17 and to tell to/for David and to gather [obj] all Israel and to pass [the] Jordan and to come (in): come to(wards) them and to arrange to(wards) them and to arrange David to/for to encounter: toward Syria battle and to fight with him

David was told that, so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

18 and to flee Syria from to/for face: before Israel and to kill David from Syria seven thousand chariot and forty thousand man on foot and [obj] Shophach ruler [the] army to die

The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.

19 and to see: see servant/slave Hadarezer for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to ally with David and to serve him and not be willing Syria to/for to save [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon still

When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.