2 Samuel 8
1 Poco después de esto, David atacó y subyugó a los filisteos, quitándoles Metheg-ammah.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 David también derrotó a los moabitas. Los hizo tumbarse en el suelo y los midió con un tramo de cuerda. Midió dos tramos para los que debían morir, y un tramo de cuerda para los que debían vivir. Entonces los sometió bajo su gobierno, y les exigió que pagaran impuestos.
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 David también derrotó a Hadad-ezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, cuando intentaba imponer su control a lo largo del río Éufrates.
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 David capturó 1.000 de sus carros, 7.000 jinetes y 20.000 soldados de a pie. Ató por las patas a todos los caballos que llevaban carros, pero dejó suficientes caballos para 100 carros de guerra.
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 Cuando los arameos de Damasco vinieron a ayudar al rey Hadad-ezer de Soba, David mató a veintidós mil de ellos.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Colocó guarniciones en el reino arameo con capital en Damasco, e hizo que los arameos se sometieran a él y les exigió el pago de impuestos. El Señor le daba victorias a David por donde quiera que iba.
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 David tomó los escudos de oro que le pertenecían a los oficiales de Hadad-ezer y los llevó a Jerusalén.
David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 El rey David también tomó una gran cantidad de bronce de Beta y Berotai, ciudades que habían pertenecido a Hadad-ezer.
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 Cuando Toi, rey de Hamat, se enteró de que David había destruido todo el ejército de Hadadzer, rey de Soba,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 envió a su hijo Joram a David para que se hiciera amigo de él y lo felicitara por su victoria en la batalla contra Hadad-ezer. Toi y Hadadezer habían estado en guerra con frecuencia. Joram trajo toda clase de regalos de oro, plata y bronce.
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 El rey David le dedicó estos regalos al Señor, junto con la plata y el oro que había tomado de todas las naciones que había sometido:
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 Edom, Moab, los amonitas, los filisteos y los amalecitas; así como el botín tomado a Hadad-ezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba.
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 David también se dio a conocer cuando regresó tras derrotar a dieciocho mil edomitas en el Valle de la Sal.
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 Colocó guarniciones por todo Edom, y todos los edomitas se sometieron a David. El Señor le dio a David victorias dondequiera que fuera.
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 David gobernó sobre todo Israel. Hizo lo que era justo y correcto para todo su pueblo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Joab, hijo de Sarvia, era el comandante del ejército, y Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, llevaba los registros oficiales.
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 Sadoc, hijo de Ahitob, y Ahimelec, hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes, mientras que Seraías era el secretario.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 Benaía, hijo de Joiada, estaba a cargo de los queretanos y peletanos; y los hijos de David eran sacerdotes.
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).
