דברי הימים א 14
| וישלח חירם מלך צר מלאכים אל דויד ועצי ארזים וחרשי קיר וחרשי עצים לבנות לו בית׃ | 1 |
One day Hiram, the king of Tyre [city], sent some messengers to David [to talk about making an agreement between their countries]. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David.
| וידע דויד כי הכינו יהוה למלך על ישראל כי נשאת למעלה מלכותו בעבור עמו ישראל׃ | 2 |
[When that happened, ] David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because [he loved] his Israeli people.
| ויקח דויד עוד נשים בירושלם ויולד דויד עוד בנים ובנות׃ | 3 |
David married more women in Jerusalem, and [those women] gave birth to more sons and daughters for him.
| ואלה שמות הילודים אשר היו לו בירושלם שמוע ושובב נתן ושלמה׃ | 4 |
The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
| ויבחר ואלישוע ואלפלט׃ | 5 |
Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
| ונגה ונפג ויפיע׃ | 6 |
Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
| ואלישמע ובעלידע ואליפלט׃ | 7 |
Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
| וישמעו פלשתים כי נמשח דויד למלך על כל ישראל ויעלו כל פלשתים לבקש את דויד וישמע דויד ויצא לפניהם׃ | 8 |
When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he [and his soldiers] marched out to fight against them.
| ופלשתים באו ויפשטו בעמק רפאים׃ | 9 |
The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley [southwest of Jerusalem] and had robbed them.
| וישאל דויד באלהים לאמר האעלה על פלשתיים ונתתם בידי ויאמר לו יהוה עלה ונתתים בידך׃ | 10 |
David asked God, “Should [my men and] I go and attack the army of Philistia? [If we go, ] will you enable us to defeat [IDM] them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat [IDM] them.”
| ויעלו בבעל פרצים ויכם שם דויד ויאמר דויד פרץ האלהים את אויבי בידי כפרץ מים על כן קראו שם המקום ההוא בעל פרצים׃ | 11 |
So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me [and my soldiers] to overwhelm my enemies like [MET] a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ [which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’].
| ויעזבו שם את אלהיהם ויאמר דויד וישרפו באש׃ | 12 |
[As the soldiers of Philistia fled], they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
| ויסיפו עוד פלשתים ויפשטו בעמק׃ | 13 |
But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
| וישאל עוד דויד באלהים ויאמר לו האלהים לא תעלה אחריהם הסב מעליהם ובאת להם ממול הבכאים׃ | 14 |
So again David prayed to God [to ask him what he should do], and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them [from the rear] in front of the balsam trees.
| ויהי כשמעך את קול הצעדה בראשי הבכאים אז תצא במלחמה כי יצא האלהים לפניך להכות את מחנה פלשתים׃ | 15 |
When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like [soldiers] marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.”
| ויעש דויד כאשר צוהו האלהים ויכו את מחנה פלשתים מגבעון ועד גזרה׃ | 16 |
So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon [city in the east] to Gezer [city in the west].
| ויצא שם דויד בכל הארצות ויהוה נתן את פחדו על כל הגוים׃ | 17 |
So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused [the leaders of] all the [nearby] nations to be afraid of him.
