1 Cronache 18
1 In seguito Davide sconfisse i Filistei, li piegò e tolse loro Gat con le dipendenze.
And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and humbled them; and he took Gath and its dependent towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Quindi sconfisse i Moabiti, che divennero sudditi e tributari di Davide.
And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants, bringing presents.
3 Davide sconfisse anche Hadad-Ezer, re di Zoba, verso Amat, nella sua marcia verso il fiume Eufrate per stabilirvi il suo dominio.
David also smote Hadar'ezer the king of Zobah, at Chamath, as he went to establish his dominion at 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 captured from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot; and David hamstringed all the chariot-teams, but reserved of them a hundred chariot-teams.
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 aid Hadar'ezer the king of Zobah, when David slew of the Syrians two and twenty 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.
Then did David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became unto David servants, bringing presents. And the Lord helped David withersoever he went.
7 Davide prese gli scudi d'oro agli ufficiali di Hadad-Ezer e li portò in Gerusalemme.
And David took the quivers of gold that were on the servants of Hadar'ezer, 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 Tibchath, and from Kun, cities of Hadar'ezer, did David take exceedingly much copper; thereof made Solomon the copper sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of copper.
9 Tou re di Amat, saputo che Davide aveva sconfitto tutto l'esercito di Hadad-Ezer re di Zoba,
And when To'u the king of Chamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadar'ezer the 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.
Then did he send Hadoram his son unto king David, to ask him after his well-being, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadar'ezer, and smitten him: for Hadar'ezer had been engaged in wars with To'u; and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and copper.
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.
Also these did king David sanctify unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he had carried away from all the nations, from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of 'Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from 'Amalek.
12 Abisai figlio di Zeruià sconfisse nella Valle del sale diciottomila Idumei.
And Abshai the son of Zeruyah smote of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand [men].
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 the Edomites became servants unto David. And the Lord helped David withersoever 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 he did what is just and right unto all his people.
15 Ioab figlio di Zeruià comandava l'esercito; Giòsafat figlio di Achilud era archivista.
And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, recorder.
16 Zadòk figlio di Achitùb e Abimèlech figlio di Ebiatàr erano sacerdoti; Savsa era scriba.
And Zadok the son of Achitub, and Abimelech the son of Ebyathar, 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 Benayahu the son of Jehoyada' was over the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the side of the king.
