1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.2 And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.3 Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.4 And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.5 And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.6 Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.7 And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.9 Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,10 He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.11 These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold he had taken from all nations; from Edom and Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.12 And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,13 David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.14 So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

1 Factum est autem post hc, ut percuteret David Philisthiim, et humiliaret eos, et tolleret Geth et filias ejus de manu Philisthiim, 2 percuteretque Moab, et fierent Moabit servi David, offerentes ei munera. 3 Eo tempore percussit David etiam Adarezer regem Soba regionis Hemath, quando perrexit ut dilataret imperium suum usque ad flumen Euphraten. 4 Cepit ergo David mille quadrigas ejus, et septem millia equitum, ac viginti millia virorum peditum, subnervavitque omnes equos curruum, exceptis centum quadrigis, quas reservavit sibi. 5 Supervenit autem et Syrus Damascenus, ut auxilium prberet Adarezer regi Soba : sed et hujus percussit David viginti duo millia virorum. 6 Et posuit milites in Damasco, ut Syria quoque serviret sibi, et offerret munera. Adjuvitque eum Dominus in cunctis ad qu perrexerat. 7 Tulit quoque David pharetras aureas, quas habuerant servi Adarezer, et attulit eas in Jerusalem. 8 Necnon de Thebath et Chun urbibus Adarezer ris plurimum, de quo fecit Salomon mare neum, et columnas, et vasa nea.9 Quod cum audisset Thou rex Hemath, percussisse videlicet David omnem exercitum Adarezer regis Soba, 10 misit Adoram filium suum ad regem David, ut postularet ab eo pacem, et congratularetur ei quod percussisset et expugnasset Adarezer : adversarius quippe erat Thou Adarezer. 11 Sed et omnia vasa aurea, et argentea, et nea consecravit David rex Domino, cum argento et auro quod tulerat ex universis gentibus, tam de Iduma, et Moab, et filiis Ammon, quam de Philisthiim et Amalec. 12 Abisai vero filius Sarvi percussit Edom in valle Salinarum, decem et octo millia : 13 et constituit in Edom prsidium, ut serviret Iduma David : salvavitque Dominus David in cunctis ad qu perrexerat. 14 Regnavit ergo David super universum Isral, et faciebat judicium atque justitiam cuncto populo suo. 15 Porro Joab filius Sarvi erat super exercitum, et Josaphat filius Ahilud a commentariis : 16 Sadoc autem filius Achitob, et Ahimelech filius Abiathar, sacerdotes : et Susa, scriba : 17 Banaias quoque filius Jojad super legiones Cerethi et Phelethi : porro filii David, primi ad manum regis.