2 Samuel 8
1 Y después de esto, David atacó a los filisteos y los venció; y David tomó la autoridad de Meteg-ama la ciudad principal de las manos 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 Y venció a los moabitas, y los midió con una línea cuando estaban tendidos sobre la tierra; marcando dos líneas para la muerte y una línea completa para la vida. Entonces los moabitas se convirtieron en siervos de David y le dieron ofrendas.
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 Y David venció a Hadadezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Sobá, cuando fue a ver su poder junto al 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 Y le quitó David mil setecientos jinetes y veinte mil soldados de infantería; y David amputó los caballos, y solo dejó suficiente para cien carros de guerra.
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 cuando los arameos de Damasco acudieron en ayuda de Hadad Ezer, rey de Sobá, David puso a espada veintidós mil de los arameos.
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 fuerzas armadas en Aram de Damasco; y los arameos se convirtieron en siervos de David y le dieron ofrendas. Y él Señor hizo vencer a David dondequiera que iba.
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 Entonces David tomó sus coberturas de oro de 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 Y de Beta y Berotai, pueblos de Hadad Ezer, el rey David tomó gran cantidad de bronze.
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 Y cuando Toi, rey de Hamat, tuvo noticias de que David había vencido a 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 a su hijo Hadoram a David, con palabras de paz y bendición, porque había vencido a Hadad Ezer en la lucha, porque Hadad Ezer había tenido guerras con Toi; Y Joram llevó consigo vasos de plata, oro y 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 dedicó también al Señor, junto con la plata y el oro que había tomado de las naciones que había vencido:
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 Las naciones de Edom y Moab, los hijos de Amón, los filisteos, los amalecitas, los bienes que había tomado de Hadad Ezer, hijo de Rehob, rey de Sobá.
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 David obtuvo gran honor para sí mismo, cuando regresó, por la destrucción de Edom en el valle de Sal, al número de dieciocho mil hombres.
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 Y puso fuerzas armadas en Edom; A lo largo de todo Edom, tenía fuerzas armadas estacionadas, y todos los edomitas se convirtieron en sirvientes de David. Y él Señor daba la victoria a David dondequiera que iba.
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 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 fair and just.
16 Y Joab, hijo de Sarvia, era el jefe del ejército; y Josafat, el hijo de Ahilud, era el guardián de los registros;
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 y Abiatar, hijo de Ahimelec, hijo de Ahitob, eran sacerdotes; y Seraías era el 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, estaba sobre los cereteos y los peleteos; Y los hijos de David fueron sacerdotes.
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).
