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1 Después de esto, David derrotó a los filisteos y los sometió, y tomó Gat y sus ciudades de manos de los filisteos.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Derrotó a Moab, y los moabitas se convirtieron en siervos de David y le trajeron tributo.
His [army] also defeated [the army of] the Moab [people-group]. The people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and also to pay money [each year to David’s government, in order that David’s army would protect them].
3 David derrotó a Hadadézer, rey de Soba, hacia Hamat, cuando iba a establecer su dominio junto al río Éufrates.
David’s [army] also fought against [the army of] Hadadezer, the king of [the] Zobah [region in Syria] near Hamath [city], when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River.
4 David le arrebató mil carros, siete mil jinetes y veinte mil hombres de a pie; y a todos los caballos de los carros David les quitó la cuerda, pero les reservó lo suficiente para cien carros.
David’s [army] captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple.
5 Cuando los sirios de Damasco vinieron a ayudar a Hadadézer, rey de Soba, David hirió a veintidós mil hombres de los sirios.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Luego David puso guarniciones en Siria de Damasco, y los sirios se convirtieron en servidores de David y le trajeron tributo. El Señor le dio la victoria a David dondequiera que fuera.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers in Damascus, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to pay to David’s government [each year] the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles everywhere they went.
7 David tomó los escudos de oro que tenían los siervos de Hadadézer y los llevó a Jerusalén.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 De Tibhat y de Cun, ciudades de Hadadzer, David tomó mucho bronce, con el cual Salomón hizo el mar de bronce, las columnas y los utensilios de bronce.
They also brought from Tebah (OR, Tibhath) and Cun, two towns that belonged to Hadadezer, a lot of bronze, which [David’s son] Solomon [later] used to make the huge bronze basin and the pillars and other bronze items [for the temple].
9 Cuando Tou, rey de Hamat, se enteró de que David había derrotado a todo el ejército de Hadadzer, rey de Soba,
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 envió a su hijo Hadoram a saludar al rey David y a bendecirlo, porque había luchado contra Hadadzer y lo había derrotado (pues Hadadzer tenía guerras con Tou); y llevaba consigo toda clase de objetos de oro, plata y bronce.
he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and (congratulate him/tell him that he was happy) about his defeating Hadadezer’s army, which had been fighting [the army of] Tou. Hadoram brought to David many items/gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze.
11 El rey David también los dedicó a Yahvé, junto con la plata y el oro que se llevó de todas las naciones: de Edom, de Moab, de los hijos de Amón, de los filisteos y de Amalec.
King David dedicated those things to Yahweh, like he had done with the silver and gold that his soldiers had taken from [the] Edom and Moab [people-groups], and from the Ammon people-group and from the people of Philistia, and from [the descendants of] Amalek.
12 Además, Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, hirió a dieciocho mil edomitas en el Valle de la Sal.
[One of David’s army commanders, ] Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, went with his army and killed 18,000 soldiers from Edom in the Salt Valley.
13 Puso guarniciones en Edom, y todos los edomitas se convirtieron en servidores de David. El Señor le dio la victoria a David dondequiera que fuera.
Then David stationed groups of his soldiers there in Edom, and the people of Edom were forced to accept David as their king and to pay money to David’s government [every year]. And Yahweh enabled David’s [army] to win battles wherever they went.
14 David reinó sobre todo Israel, y ejecutó justicia y rectitud para todo su pueblo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Joab, hijo de Sarvia, estaba al frente del ejército; Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, era secretario;
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Sadoc, hijo de Ajitub, y Abimelec, hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; Shavsha era escriba;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 y Benaía, hijo de Joiada, estaba al frente de los queretanos y de los peletanos; y los hijos de David eran funcionarios principales al servicio del rey.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled over the Kereth and Peleth groups [who were David’s bodyguards]. And David’s sons were his most important officials.
