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 Nach diesem schlug David die Philister und demütigte sie und nahm Gath und ihre Töchter aus der Philister Hand.

2 Auch schlug er die Moabiter, daß die Moabiter David untertänig wurden und Geschenke brachten.

3 Er schlug auch Hadadeser, den König zu Zoba in Hemath, da er hinzog, sein Zeichen aufzurichten am Wasser Phrath.

4 Und David gewann ihm ab tausend Wagen, siebentausend Reiter und zwanzigtausend Mann zu Fuß. Und David verlähmete alle Wagen und behielt hundert Wagen übrig.

5 Und die Syrer von Damaskus kamen, dem Hadadeser, dem Könige zu Zoba, zu helfen. Aber David schlug derselben Syrer zweiundzwanzigtausend Mann.

6 Und legte Volk gen Damaskus in Syrien, daß die Syrer David untertänig wurden und brachten ihm Geschenke. Denn der HErr half David, wo er hinzog.

7 Und David nahm die güldenen Schilde, die Hadadesers Knechte hatten, und brachte sie gen Jerusalem.

8 Auch nahm David aus den Städten Hadadesers, Tibehath und Chun, sehr viel Erzes, davon Salomo das eherne Meer und Säulen und eherne Gefäße machte.

9 Und da Thogu, der König zu Hemath, hörete, daß David alle Macht Hadadesers, des Königs zu Zoba, geschlagen hatte,

10 sandte er seinen Sohn Hadoram zum Könige David und ließ ihn grüßen und segnen, daß er mit Hadadeser gestritten und ihn geschlagen hatte. Denn Thogu hatte einen Streit mit Hadadeser. Auch alle güldenen, silbernen und ehernen Gefäße

11 heiligte der König David dem HErrn mit dem Silber und Golde, das er den Heiden genommen hatte, nämlich den Edomitern, Moabitern, Ammonitern, Philistern und Amalekitern.

12 Und Abisai, der Sohn Zerujas, schlug der Edomiter im Salztal achtzehntausend;

13 und legte Volk in Edomäa, daß alle Edomiter David untertänig waren. Denn der HErr half David, wo er hinzog.

14 Also regierete David über das ganze Israel und handhabete Gericht und Gerechtigkeit all seinem Volk.

15 Joab, der Sohn Zerujas, war über das Heer, Josaphat, der Sohn Ahiluds, war Kanzler.

16 Zadok, der Sohn Ahitobs, und Abimelech, der Sohn Abjathars, waren Priester. Sausa war Schreiber.

17 Benaja, der Sohn Jojadas, war über die Krethi und Plethi. Und die ersten Söhne Davids waren dem Könige zur Hand.