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1 Aconteció después de esto que David derrotó a los filisteos y los sometió. Quitó a Gat y sus aldeas de mano 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 También derrotó a Moab. Los moabitas quedaron sometidos a David como esclavos tributarios.
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 Hadad-ezer, rey de Soba, cerca de Hamat, cuando éste iba a restablecer 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 capturó 1.000 carruajes de guerra, 7.000 jinetes y 20.000 infantes. David desjarretó todos los caballos de los carruajes y dejó solo caballos para 100 carruajes.
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 llegaron a ayudar a Hadad-ezer, rey de Soba, David mató a 22.000 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 David estableció guarniciones en Siria de Damasco. Los sirios fueron tributarios y esclavos de David, porque Yavé daba la victoria a David dondequiera que iba.
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 esclavos de Hadad-ezer 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 Asimismo de Tibhat y de Cun, ciudades de Hadad-ezer, David tomó gran cantidad de 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, oyó que David venció a todo el ejército de Hadad-ezer, 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 Adoram al rey David para saludarlo y felicitarlo, porque peleó contra Hadad-ezer y lo derrotó. (Hadad-ezer era adversario de Tou.) [El rey Tou] le obsequió toda clase de utensilios 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 consagró a Yavé, junto con la plata y el oro que tomó de todas las naciones: de Edom, Moab, los hijos de Amón, los filisteos y 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 de esto, Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, destrozó a 18.000 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 Impuso guarniciones en Edom. Todos los edomitas fueron esclavos de David, porque Yavé daba la victoria a David dondequiera que iba.
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 juzgaba con justicia a 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, era general del ejército, y Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, el cronista.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Sadoc, hijo de Ahitob y Abimelec, hijo de Abiatar eran sacerdotes, y Savsa, secretario.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Benaía, hijo de Joiada, era jefe de los cereteos y peleteos. Los hijos de David eran supervisores junto al 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.
