2 Samuel 10

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

It came about later that the king of the people of Ammon died, and that Hanun his son became king in his place.

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

David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent his servants to comfort Hanun concerning his father. His servants entered the land of the people of Ammon.

3 and to say ruler son: descendant/people Ammon to(wards) Hanun lord their 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 search [obj] [the] city and to/for to spy her and to/for to overturn her to send: depart David [obj] servant/slave his to(wards) you

But the leaders of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their master, “Do you really think that David is honoring your father because he has sent men to comfort you? Has not David sent his servants to you to look at the city, to spy it out, in order to overthrow it?”

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

So Hanun took David's servants, shaved off half their beards, cut off their garments up to their buttocks, and sent them away.

5 and to tell to/for David 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 to spring beard your and to return: return

When they explained this to David, he sent to meet with them, for the men were deeply ashamed. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

6 and to see: see son: descendant/people Ammon for to stink in/on/with David and to send: depart son: descendant/people Ammon and to hire [obj] Syria Beth-rehob Beth-rehob and [obj] Syria Zobah twenty thousand on foot and [obj] king Maacah thousand man and man Tob two ten thousand man

When the people of Ammon saw that they had become a stench to David, the people of Ammon sent messengers and hired the Arameans of Beth Rehob and Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob with twelve thousand men.

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

When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of soldiers.

8 and to come out: come son: descendant/people Ammon and to arrange battle entrance [the] gate and Syria Zobah and Rehob and man Tob and Maacah to/for alone them in/on/with land: country

The Ammonites came out and formed a line of battle at the entrance to their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, stood by themselves in the open fields.

9 and to see: see Joab for to be to(wards) him face: before [the] battle from face: before and from back and to choose from all to choose (Israel *Q(K)*) and to arrange to/for to encounter: toward Syria

When Joab saw the battle lines facing him both in front and behind, he chose some of Israel's best fighters and arranged them against the Arameans.

10 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 his people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, and he set them out in position to fight against the army of Ammon.

11 and to say if to strengthen: strengthen Syria from me and to be to/for me to/for salvation and if son: descendant/people Ammon to strengthen: strengthen from you and to go: come to/for to save to/for you

Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you, Abishai, must rescue me. But if the army of Ammon is too strong for you, then I will come and rescue you.

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

Be strong, and let us show ourselves to be strong for our people and for the cities of our God, for Yahweh will do what is good for his purpose.”

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

So Joab and the soldiers of his army advanced to the battle against the Arameans, who were forced to flee before the army of Israel.

14 and son: descendant/people Ammon to see: see for to flee Syria and to flee from face: before Abishai and to come (in): come [the] city and to return: return Joab from upon son: descendant/people Ammon and to come (in): come Jerusalem

When the army of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and went back into the city. Then Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went back to Jerusalem.

15 and to see: see Syria for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to gather unitedness

When the Arameans saw that they were being defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together again.

16 and to send: depart Hadarezer and to come out: send [obj] Syria which from side: beyond [the] River and to come (in): come Helam and Shobach ruler army Hadarezer to/for face: before their

Then Hadarezer sent for Aramean troops from beyond the Euphrates River. They came to Helam, and Shobak, the commander of Hadarezer's army, went before them.

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

When David was told this, he gathered all Israel together, crossed the Jordan, and arrived at Helam. The Arameans arranged themselves in battle lines against David and fought him.

18 and to flee Syria from face: before Israel and to kill David from Syria seven hundred chariot and forty thousand horseman and [obj] Shobach ruler army his to smite and to die there

The Arameans fled from Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their men in chariots and forty thousand horsemen. Shobak the commander of their army was wounded and died there.

19 and to see: see all [the] king servant/slave Hadarezer for to strike to/for face: before Israel and to complete with Israel and to serve them and to fear Syria to/for to save still [obj] son: descendant/people Ammon

When all the kings who were servants of Hadarezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their subjects. So the Arameans were afraid to help the people of Ammon anymore.