1 And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.2 And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.3 And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.4 And David took from him one thousand, seven hundred horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and David had the leg-muscles of the horses cut, only keeping 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 of the Aramaeans.6 And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.7 And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.8 And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.9 And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,10 He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:11 These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--12 The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.13 And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.14 And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.16 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records;17 And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;18 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.

1 Factum est autem post hc, percussit David Philisthiim, et humiliavit eos, et tulit David frenum tributi de manu Philisthiim. 2 Et percussit Moab, et mensus est eos funiculo, coquans terr : mensus est autem duos funiculos, unum ad occidendum, et unum ad vivificandum : factusque est Moab David serviens sub tributo. 3 Et percussit David Adarezer filium Rohob regem Soba, quando profectus est ut dominaretur super flumen Euphraten. 4 Et captis David ex parte ejus mille septingentis equitibus, et viginti millibus peditum, subnervavit omnes jugales curruum : dereliquit autem ex eis centum currus. 5 Venit quoque Syria Damasci, ut prsidium ferret Adarezer regi Soba : et percussit David de Syria viginti duo millia virorum. 6 Et posuit David prsidium in Syria Damasci : factaque est Syria David serviens sub tributo : servavitque Dominus David in omnibus ad qucumque profectus est. 7 Et tulit David arma aurea qu habebant servi Adarezer, et detulit ea in Jerusalem. 8 Et de Bete et de Beroth, civitatibus Adarezer, tulit rex David s multum nimis. 9 Audivit autem Thou rex Emath quod percussisset David omne robur Adarezer, 10 et misit Thou Joram filium suum ad regem David, ut salutaret eum congratulans, et gratias ageret : eo quod expugnasset Adarezer, et percussisset eum. Hostis quippe erat Thou Adarezer, et in manu ejus erant vasa aurea, et vasa argentea, et vasa rea : 11 qu et ipsa sanctificavit rex David Domino cum argento et auro qu sanctificaverat de universis gentibus quas subegerat, 12 de Syria, et Moab, et filiis Ammon, et Philisthiim, et Amalec, et de manubiis Adarezer filii Rohob regis Soba. 13 Fecit quoque sibi David nomen cum revereteretur capta Syria in valle Salinarum, csis decem et octo millibus : 14 et posuit in Iduma custodes, statuitque prsidium : et facta est universa Iduma serviens David, et servavit Dominus David in omnibus ad qucumque profectus est. 15 Et regnavit David super omnem Isral : faciebat quoque David judicium et justitiam omni populo suo. 16 Joab autem filius Sarvi erat super exercitum : porro Josaphat filius Ahilud erat a commentariis : 17 et Sadoc filius Achitob, et Achimelech filius Abiathar, erant sacerdotes : et Saraias, scriba : 18 Banaias autem filius Jojad super Cerethi et Phelethi : filii autem David sacerdotes erant.