2 Samuel 8
1 Después de esto, David golpeó a los filisteos y los sometió; y David tomó el freno de la ciudad madre de la mano de los filisteos.
Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia [army] and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Derrotó a Moab, y los midió con el cordel, haciéndolos acostar en el suelo; y midió dos cordeles para darles muerte, y un cordel completo para mantenerlos vivos. Los moabitas se convirtieron en siervos de David, y trajeron tributo.
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 hirió a Hadadézer hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, cuando iba a recuperar su dominio en el río.
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 le quitó mil setecientos jinetes y veinte mil hombres de a pie. David ató los caballos de los carros, pero reservó los suficientes para cien carros.
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 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 King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Entonces David puso guarniciones en Siria de Damasco, y los sirios se convirtieron en siervos de David y le trajeron tributo. El Señor le dio la victoria a David dondequiera que fuera.
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 tenían los siervos de Hadadézer 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 De Betah y de Berothai, ciudades de Hadadzer, el rey David tomó una gran cantidad de bronce.
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 golpeado a todo el ejército de Hadadézer,
When Toi, the king of the Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 entonces Toi envió a Joram, su hijo, a saludar al rey David y a bendecirlo, porque había luchado contra Hadadézer y lo había golpeado; pues Hadadézer tenía guerras con Toi. Joram trajo consigo vasos de plata, vasos de oro y vasos de 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 también los dedicó a Yahvé, con la plata y el oro que dedicó de todas las naciones que sometió:
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 de Siria, de Moab, de los hijos de Amón, de los filisteos, de Amalec y del botín de Hadadézer, 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 se ganó una reputación cuando volvió de abatir a dieciocho mil hombres de los sirios 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 Puso guarniciones en Edom. En todo Edom puso guarniciones, y todos los edomitas se convirtieron en siervos de David. El Señor le dio la victoria a David 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 reinó sobre todo Israel; y David hizo justicia y rectitud a 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, estaba al frente del ejército; Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, era secretario;
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 Ajitub, y Ajimelec, hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; Seraías era escriba;
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 al frente de los cereteos y de los peleteos; y los hijos de David eran ministros principales.
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).
