1 Cronache 18
1 In seguito Davide sconfisse i Filistei, li piegò e tolse loro Gat con le dipendenze.
And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Quindi sconfisse i Moabiti, che divennero sudditi e tributari di Davide.
And he smote the Moabites; and the Moabites became David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
3 Davide sconfisse anche Hadad-Ezer, re di Zoba, verso Amat, nella sua marcia verso il fiume Eufrate per stabilirvi il suo dominio.
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah, at Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 Davide gli prese mille carri, settemila cavalieri e ventimila fanti. Davide poi fece tagliare i garretti a tutti i cavalli, risparmiandone un centinaio.
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them [for] a hundred chariots.
5 Gli Aramei di Damasco andarono in aiuto di Hadad-Ezer, re di Zoba, ma Davide ne uccise ventiduemila.
And the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, and David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
6 Davide mise guarnigioni in Aram di Damasco; gli Aramei divennero sudditi e tributari di Davide. Il Signore rese vittorioso Davide in ogni sua impresa.
And David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, [and] brought gifts. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 Davide prese gli scudi d'oro agli ufficiali di Hadad-Ezer e li portò in Gerusalemme.
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Da Tibcat e da Cun, città di Hadad-Ezer, Davide asportò una grande quantità di bronzo, con cui Salomone costruì il bacino di bronzo, le colonne e i vari arredi di bronzo.
And from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Tou re di Amat, saputo che Davide aveva sconfitto tutto l'esercito di Hadad-Ezer re di Zoba,
And Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
10 mandò Adoram suo figlio per salutare il re Davide e per felicitarsi con lui d'avere assalito e vinto Hadad-Ezer, poiché Tou era sempre in guerra con Hadad-Ezer; Adoram portava con sé oggetti d'oro, d'argento e di bronzo.
and he sent Hadoram his son to king David to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer was continually at war with Tou; [he sent] also all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
11 Anche tali oggetti il re Davide li consacrò al Signore insieme con l'argento e l'oro che aveva preso da tutti gli altri popoli, ossia da Edom, da Moab, dagli Ammoniti, dai Filistei e dagli Amaleciti.
Them also king David dedicated to Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he had brought from all the nations: from the Edomites, and from the Moabites, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from the Amalekites.
12 Abisai figlio di Zeruià sconfisse nella Valle del sale diciottomila Idumei.
And Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13 Pose guarnigioni in Edom; tutti gli Idumei divennero sudditi di Davide. Il Signore rendeva vittorioso Davide in ogni sua impresa.
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all they of Edom became servants to David. And Jehovah preserved David whithersoever he went.
14 Davide regnò su tutto Israele e rese giustizia con retti giudizi a tutto il popolo.
And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.
15 Ioab figlio di Zeruià comandava l'esercito; Giòsafat figlio di Achilud era archivista.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was chronicler;
16 Zadòk figlio di Achitùb e Abimèlech figlio di Ebiatàr erano sacerdoti; Savsa era scriba.
and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17 Benaià figli di Ioiadà comandava i Cretei e i Peletei; i figli di Davide erano i primi al fianco del re.
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the king's hand.
