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1 Y después de esto, David atacó a los filisteos y los venció, y tomó a Gat con sus aldeas de las 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 Y venció a Moab, y los moabitas se convirtieron en sus sirvientes y tuvieron que dar ofrendas a David.
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 Entonces David venció a Hadadezer, rey de Soba, cerca de Hamat, cuando iba a hacer ver su poder junto al río Eufrates.
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 Y le quitó David mil carruajes de guerra, siete mil jinetes y veinte mil de infantería; y le cortaron los músculos de las patas de todos los caballos, conservando sólo lo suficiente para un centenar de carruajes de guerra.
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 Y cuando los sirios de Damasco acudieron en ayuda de Hadadezer, rey de Soba, David puso a filo de espada veintidós mil arameos.
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Entonces David puso fuerzas armadas en Damasco, y los sirios se convirtieron en sus sirvientes y le dieron ofrendas. Y él Señor le dio 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 Y los escudos de oro de los siervos de Hadadezer, David los tomó, 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 Y de Tibhat y de Cun, ciudades de Hadadezer, David tomó una gran cantidad de bronce, de los cuales Salomón hizo la gran vasija de agua de bronce y las columnas y recipientes 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 Toi, rey de Hamat, tuvo noticias de que David había vencido a todo el ejército de Hadadezer, rey de Sobá,
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 al rey David para darle palabras de paz y bendición, porque había vencido a Hadadezer en la lucha, porque Hadadezer había estado en guerra con Toi; y le dio todo tipo de vasos 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 Este rey David santificó al Señor, junto con la plata y el oro que había tomado de todas las naciones; de Edom y Moab y de los hijos de Amón y 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 Ademas Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, derrotó a filo de espada dieciocho mil de los 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 David puso fuerzas armadas en todas las ciudades de Edom; y todos los edomitas se convirtieron en siervos de David. El Señor hizo que David venciera 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 Así que David fue rey sobre todo Israel, juzgando y dando las decisiones correctas para todo su pueblo.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Y Joab, hijo de Sarvia, era el jefe del ejército; y Josafat, hijo de Ahilud, era el guardián de los registros.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Y Sadoc, hijo de Ahitob; y Ahimelec, el hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; y Savsa era el 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 sobre los cereteos y los peleteos; y los hijos de David fueron los principales de aquellos cuyos lugares estaban al lado 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.
