I Paralipomenon 11

1 congregatus est igitur omnis Israhel ad David in Hebron dicens os tuum sumus et caro tua

Then the people of Israel came to David at Hebron [town] and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors [IDM] that you have.

2 heri quoque et nudius tertius cum adhuc regnaret Saul tu eras qui educebas et introducebas Israhel tibi enim dixit Dominus Deus tuus tu pasces populum meum Israhel et tu eris princeps super eum

In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli [soldiers in our battles]. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will be the leader [MET] of my people; you will be their king.’”

3 venerunt ergo omnes maiores natu Israhel ad regem in Hebron et iniit David cum eis foedus coram Domino unxeruntque eum regem super Israhel iuxta sermonem Domini quem locutus est in manu Samuhel

So all the Israeli elders came to David at Hebron. And David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him [with olive oil to set him apart] to be the king of the Israeli people. That is what Yahweh had previously told [the prophet] Samuel would happen.

4 abiit quoque David et omnis Israhel in Hierusalem haec est Iebus ubi erant Iebusei habitatores terrae

David and all the Israeli [soldiers] [SYN] went to Jerusalem. [At that time, ] Jerusalem was called Jebus, and the people who lived there were the Jebus people-group.

5 dixeruntque qui habitabant in Iebus ad David non ingredieris huc porro David cepit arcem Sion quae est civitas David

Those people said to David, “Your [soldiers] will not be able to get inside our city!” But David’s [soldiers] captured the city, even though it had strong walls around it, and since then it has been called ‘The City of David’.

6 dixitque omnis qui percusserit Iebuseum in primis erit princeps et dux ascendit igitur primus Ioab filius Sarviae et factus est princeps

[What happened was this: ]: David said [to his soldiers], “The one who leads [our soldiers] to attack the Jebus people-group will become the commander of all my army.” Joab, the son of Zeruiah, led the soldiers, so he became the commander of all the army.

7 habitavit autem David in arce et idcirco appellata est civitas David

[After they captured] the city which had strong walls around it, David moved there. That is why they named it ‘The City of David’.

8 aedificavitque urbem in circuitu a Mello usque ad gyrum Ioab autem reliqua urbis extruxit

David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s [men] repaired the other parts of the city.

9 proficiebatque David vadens et crescens et Dominus exercituum erat cum eo

David became more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him.

10 hii principes virorum fortium David qui adiuverunt eum ut rex fieret super omnem Israhel iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus est ad Israhel

Yahweh had promised [that David would become the king]. And all the Israeli people (were happy that David was/supported David as) their king. There were many soldiers/warriors who helped David’s kingdom to remain strong.

11 et iste numerus robustorum David Iesbaam filius Achamoni princeps inter triginta iste levavit hastam suam super trecentos vulneratos una vice

This is a list of the leaders of David’s [most mighty] warriors: Jashobeam was from the Hacmon clan. He was one of the leaders of David’s most powerful soldiers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear.

12 et post eum Eleazar filius patrui eius Ahoites qui erat inter tres potentes

Another one was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh.

13 iste fuit cum David in Aphesdommim quando Philisthim congregati sunt ad locum illum in proelium et erat ager regionis illius plenus hordeo fugeratque populus a facie Philisthinorum

[One day] he was with David at Pas Dammim when the soldiers of Philistia gathered there for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israeli soldiers ran away from the soldiers of Philistia,

14 hic stetit in medio agri et defendit eum cumque percussisset Philistheos dedit Dominus salutem magnam populo suo

but then David and Eleazar stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it and killed [many of] the soldiers of Philistia. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory on that day.

15 descenderunt autem tres de triginta principibus ad petram in qua erat David ad speluncam Odollam quando Philisthim fuerant castrametati in valle Raphaim

One time three of David’s thirty most mighty warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the army of Philistia had camped in the Rephaim Valley.

16 porro David erat in praesidio et statio Philisthinorum in Bethleem

David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem.

17 desideravit igitur David et dixit o si quis daret mihi aquam de cisterna Bethleem quae est in porta

[One day] David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!”

18 tres ergo isti per media castra Philisthinorum perrexerunt et hauserunt aquam de cisterna Bethleem quae erat in porta et adtulerunt ad David ut biberet qui noluit sed magis libavit illam Domino

So those three most outstanding warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out [on the ground to be an offering] to Yahweh.

19 dicens absit ut in conspectu Dei mei hoc faciam et sanguinem virorum istorum bibam quia in periculo animarum suarum adtulerunt mihi aquam et ob hanc causam noluit bibere haec fecerunt tres robustissimi

He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like [RHQ] drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did.

20 Abisai quoque frater Ioab ipse erat princeps trium et ipse levavit hastam suam contra trecentos vulneratos et ipse erat inter tres nominatissimus

Joab’s [younger] brother Abishai was the leader of the 30 most mighty warriors. [One time] Abishai fought 300 [enemy] soldiers with his spear and killed them.

21 inter tres secundos inclitus et princeps eorum verumtamen usque ad tres primos non pervenerat

So he became as famous as those three most outstanding warriors. He became their commander, even though he was not one of those three men.

22 Banaia filius Ioiadae viri robustissimi qui multa opera perpetrarat de Capsehel ipse percussit duos Arihel Moab et ipse descendit et interfecit leonem in media cisterna tempore nivis

Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from Kabzeel [town] who did heroic deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from [the] Moab [people-group]. One day he went down into a pit when snow was falling [on the ground] and killed a lion there.

23 et ipse percussit virum aegyptium cuius statura erat quinque cubitorum et habebat lanceam ut liciatorium texentium descendit ergo ad eum cum virga et rapuit hastam quam tenebat manu et interfecit eum hasta sua

He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was (7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters) tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had [only] a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it.

24 haec fecit Banaia filius Ioiada qui erat inter tres robustos nominatissimus

Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three mighty warriors.

25 inter triginta primus verumtamen ad tres usque non pervenerat posuit autem eum David ad auriculam suam

He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty most mighty warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards.

26 porro fortissimi in exercitu Asahel frater Ioab et Eleanan filius patrui eius de Bethleem

These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Asahel, the [younger] brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem;

27 Semmoth Arorites Helles Phallonites

Shammah, from [the] Harod [clan]; Helez, from [the] Pelon [clan];

28 Iras filius Acces Thecuites Abiezer Anathothites

Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa [town]; Abiezer, from Anathoth [city];

29 Sobbochai Asothites Ilai Ahoites

Sibbecai, from Hushah’s [clan]; Ilai from Ahoh’s clan;

30 Marai Netophathites Heled filius Baana Netophathites

Maharai, from Netophah [town]; Heled, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah [town];

31 Ethai filius Ribai de Gabaath filiorum Beniamin Banaia Pharathonites

Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah [town] in [the land that belonged to] the tribe of Benjamin; Benaiah, from Pirathon [town];

32 Uri de torrente Gaas Abial Arabathites Azmoth Bauramites Eliaba Salabonites

Hurai, from the valleys near Gaash [Mountain]; Abiel from the clan of Arabah;

33 filii Asom Gezonites Ionathan filius Sega Ararites

Azmaveth, from Baharum [town]; Eliahba, from Shaalbon [town];

34 Ahiam filius Sachar Ararites

The sons of Hashem from [the] Gizon [clan]; Jonathan the son of Shagee from the Harar [town/clan];

35 Eliphal filius Ur

Ahiam the son of Sharar/Sacar, from Harar [town/clan]; Eliphal the son of Ur;

36 Apher Mechurathites Ahia Phellonites

Hepher from the Mekerath [clan]; Ahijah from the Pelon [clan/town];

37 Asrai Carmelites Noorai filius Azbi

Hezro from Carmel [city]; Naarai the son of Ezbai;

38 Iohel frater Nathan Mabar filius Agarai

Joel the [younger] brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri;

39 Sellec Ammonites Noorai Berothites armiger Ioab filii Sarviae

Zelek from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth [town];

40 Iras Iethreus Gareb Iethreus

Ira and Gareb from Jattir [town];

41 Urias Ettheus Zabad filius Ooli

Uriah, [Bathsheba’s husband], from the Heth people-group; Zabad the son of Ahlai;

42 Adina filius Seza Rubenites princeps Rubenitarum et cum eo triginta

Adina the son of Shiza, a leader from the tribe of Reuben, who had thirty [soldiers] with him;

43 Hanan filius Maacha et Iosaphat Mathanites

Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna [town/clan];

44 Ozias Astharothites Semma et Iaihel filii Hotam Aroerites

Uzzia from Ashterath [town]; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer [city];

45 Iedihel filius Samri et Ioha frater eius Thosaites

Jediael the son of Shimri and his [younger] brother Joha, from Tiz [town/clan];

46 Elihel Maumites et Ieribai et Iosaia filii Elnaem

Eliel from Mahavah [town/clan]; Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from [the] Moab [region];

47 et Iethma Moabites Elihel et Obed et Iasihel de Masobia

Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel from Zobah [town/clan].