2 Samuel 8
1 Después de esto aconteció, que David hirió a los filisteos, y los humilló; y tomó David a Meteg-ama de 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 Hirió también a los de Moab, y los midió con cordel, haciéndolos echar por tierra; y los midió en dos cordeles, el uno para muerte, y otro cordel entero para vida; y fueron los moabitas siervos llevando presente.
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 Asimismo hirió David a Hadad-ezer hijo de Rehob, rey de Soba, yendo él a extender su término hasta el río Eufrates.
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 Y tomó David de ellos mil setecientos de a caballo, y veinte mil hombres de a pie; y desjarretó David los caballos de todos los carros, excepto cien carros de ellos que dejó.
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 Y vinieron los sirios de Damasco a dar ayuda a Hadad-ezer rey de Soba; y David hirió de los Sirios veintidós mil hombres.
When [the army of] Syria came from Damascus [city] to help King Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Puso luego David guarnición en Siria, la de Damasco, y fueron los Sirios siervos de David llevando presente. Y el SEÑOR guardó a David donde quiera que fue.
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 Y tomó David los escudos de oro que traían los siervos 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 Asimismo de Beta y de Beerot, ciudades de Hadad-ezer, tomó el rey David 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 Entonces oyendo Toi, rey de Hamat, que David había herido todo el ejército de Hadad-ezer,
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 Toi a Joram su hijo al rey David, a saludarle pacíficamente y a bendecirle, porque había peleado con Hadad-ezer y lo había vencido; porque Toi era enemigo de Hadad-ezer. Y Joram llevaba en su mano vasos de plata, y vasos de oro, y 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 los cuales el rey David dedicó al SEÑOR, con el oro y la plata que tenía dedicado 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 de los sirios, de los moabitas, de los ammonitas, de los filisteos, de los amalecitas, y del despojo de 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 Y ganó David fama cuando, volviendo de la derrota de los Sirios, hirió dieciocho mil hombres 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 Asimismo puso David guarnición en Edom, por toda Edom puso guarnición; y todos los idumeos fueron siervos de David. Y el SEÑOR guardó a David por donde quiera que fue.
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 Y reinó David sobre todo Israel; y hacía David derecho y justicia a todo su pueblo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
16 Y Joab hijo de Sarvia era general de su ejército; y Josafat hijo de Ahilud, canciller;
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 y Sadoc hijo de Ahitob, y Ahimelec hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; y Seraías era escriba;
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary;
18 y Benaía hijo de Joiada, era sobre los cereteos y peleteos; y los hijos de David eran los príncipes.
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).
