2 Samuel 8

1 and to be after so and to smite David [obj] Philistine and be humble them and to take: take David [obj] Metheg-ammah [the] Metheg-ammah from hand: power Philistine

Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.

2 and to smite [obj] Moab and to measure them in/on/with cord to lie down: lay down [obj] them land: soil [to] and to measure two cord to/for to die and fullness [the] cord to/for to live and to be Moab to/for David to/for servant/slave to lift: bear offering: tribute

David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground [close to each other]. His men killed two out of every three of them. The [other] Moab people [were forced to] accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him [every year the] payment/tax [that he demanded].

3 and to smite David [obj] Hadadezer son: child Rehob king Zobah in/on/with to go: went he to/for to return: rescue hand: power his (in/on/with River Euphrates *Q(K)*)

David’s army also defeated [the army of] Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled [the state of] Zobah [in Syria]. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at [the upper part of] the Euphrates River.

4 and to capture David from him thousand and seven hundred horseman and twenty thousand man on foot and to hamstring David [obj] all [the] chariot and to remain from him hundred chariot

David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to [pull] 100 chariots.

5 and to come (in): come Syria Damascus to/for to help to/for Hadadezer king Zobah and to smite David in/on/with Syria twenty and two thousand man

When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.

6 and to set: put David garrison in/on/with Syria Damascus and to be Syria to/for David to/for servant/slave to lift: bear offering: tribute and to save LORD [obj] David in/on/with all which to go: went

Then David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government [every year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win victories wherever they went.

7 and to take: take David [obj] shield [the] gold which to be to(wards) servant/slave Hadadezer and to come (in): bring them Jerusalem

David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.

8 and from Betah and from Berothai city Hadadezer to take: take [the] king David bronze to multiply much

They also brought [to Jerusalem] a lot of bronze [that they found] in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer [had previously] ruled.

9 and to hear: hear Toi king Hamath for to smite David [obj] all strength: soldiers Hadadezer

When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,

10 and to send: depart Toi [obj] Joram son: child his to(wards) [the] king David to/for to ask to/for him to/for peace: well-being and to/for to bless him upon which to fight in/on/with Hadadezer and to smite him for man battle Toi to be Hadadezer and in/on/with hand: to his to be article/utensil silver: money and article/utensil gold and article/utensil bronze

he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to (congratulate him/say that he was happy) about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s [army] had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze.

11 also [obj] them to consecrate: dedicate [the] king David to/for LORD with [the] silver: money and [the] gold which to consecrate: dedicate from all [the] nation which to subdue

King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered.

12 from Edom and from Moab and from son: descendant/people Ammon and from Philistine and from Amalek and from spoil Hadadezer son: child Rehob king Zobah

They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from [the descendants of] Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer [previously] ruled.

13 and to make David name in/on/with to return: return he from to smite he [obj] Edom in/on/with (Salt) Valley (Valley of) Salt eight ten thousand

When David returned [after defeating the armies of Syria], he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley [near the Dead Sea].

14 and to set: put in/on/with Edom garrison in/on/with all Edom to set: put garrison and to be all Edom servant/slave to/for David and to save LORD [obj] David in/on/with all which to go: went

David stationed (groups of his soldiers/army camps) throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.

15 and to reign David upon all Israel and to be David to make: do justice and righteousness to/for all people his

David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.

16 and Joab son: child Zeruiah upon [the] army and Jehoshaphat son: child Ahilud to remember

Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do;

17 and Zadok son: child Ahitub and Ahimelech son: child Abiathar priest and Seraiah secretary

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

18 and Benaiah son: child Jehoiada and [the] Cherethite and [the] Pelethite and son: child David priest to be

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of (David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king); and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors).