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1 Derefter slog David de Philisteer, och undertryckte dem, och tog Gath och dess döttrar utu de Philisteers hand.
Some time later, David’s [army] attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath [city] and the surrounding villages.
2 Slog han ock de Moabiter, så att de Moabiter vordo David underdånige, och förde honom skänker.
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 Han slog ock HadarEser, Konungen i Zoba, uti Hamath, då han dit drog, till att uppresa sitt tecken vid den älfvena Phrath.
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 Och David vann af honom tusende vagnar, sjutusend resenärar, och tjugutusend män till fots och David hasade alla vagnhästarna, och behöll hundrade vagnar qvara.
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 Och de Syrer af Damasco kommo HadarEser, Konungenom i Zoba, till hjelp; men David slog de samma Syrer, tu och tjugu tusend män;
When the army of Syria came from Damascus [city] to help Hadadezer’s [army], David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them.
6 Och lade folk till Damascon i Syrien, så att de Syrer vordo David underdånige, och förde honom skänker; ty Herren halp David, ehvart han for.
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 Och David tog de gyldene sköldar, som HadarEsers tjenare hade, och förde dem till Jerusalem.
David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s [army] and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Tog också David utu HadarEsers städer, Tibhath och Chun, ganska mycken koppar, af hvilkom Salomo kopparhafvet, och stoderna och kopparkärilen gjorde.
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 Och då Thou, Konungen i Hamath, hörde, att David hade slagit alla HadarEsers magt, Konungens i Zoba;
When Tou, the king of Hamath [city in Syria], heard that David’s [army] had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer,
10 Sände han sin son Hadoram till Konung David, och lät helsa och välsigna honom, att han med HadarEser stridt, och honom slagit hade; ty Thou hade örlig med HadarEser. Och all gyldene, silfver, och kopparkärile,
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 Dem helgade Konung David Herranom, med det silfver och guld, som han tagit hade ifrå Hedningarna, nämliga ifrå de Edomeer, Moabiter, Ammoniter, Philisteer och Amalekiter.
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 Och Abisai, ZeruJa son, slog de Edomeer i saltdalenom, adertontusend;
[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 Och lade folk i Edomeen; så att alle Edomeer voro David underdånige; ty Herren halp David, ehvart han drog.
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 Alltså regerade David öfver hela Israel, och höll rätt och rättvisa allo sino folke.
David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair.
15 Joab, ZeruJa son, var öfver hären; Jojaphat, Ahiluds son, var canceller.
Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper.
16 Zadok, Ahitobs son, och AbiMelech, AbJathars son, voro Prester; Sausa var skrifvare.
Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary.
17 Benaja, Jojada son, var öfver Crethi och Plethi; och de förste Davids söner voro Konungenom vid handen.
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.
