1 Now after this it came to pass, that David [beloved] struck the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and subdued them, and took Gat [Winepress] and her towns out of the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants].

2 And he struck Mo’av [Seed of my Father]; and the Mo’avi [of his father] became David’s [beloved]’s servants, [and] brought gifts.

3 And David [beloved] struck Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] king of Tzovah [station] unto Hamat [Fortress], as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates (to break forth, to gush).

4 And David [beloved] took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David [beloved] also hamstringed all the chariot [horses], but reserved of them an hundred chariots.

5 And when the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] of Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] came to help Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] king of Tzovah [station], David [beloved] killed of the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] two and twenty thousand men.

6 Then David [beloved] put [garrisons] in Aram [exalted] in Dammesek; and the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] became David’s [beloved]’s servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) preserved David [beloved] to wherever he went.

7 And David [beloved] took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] [Hadad [mighty] is help], and brought them to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].

8 Likewise from Tivchat [extension], and from Chun, cities of Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] [Hadad [mighty] is help], brought David [beloved] very much brass, which Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

9 Now when To’u [wander] king of Hamat [Fortress] heard how David [beloved] had smitten all the host of Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] king of Tzovah [station];

10 He sent Hadoram [noble honour] his son to king David [beloved], to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] [Hadad [mighty] is help], and smitten him; (for Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] had war with To’u [wander];) and [with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

11 Them also king David [beloved] dedicated unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these] nations; from Edom [Red], and from Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and from the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and from the P’lishtim [Immigrants], and from ‘Amalek [Dweller in a Valley].

12 Moreover Avishai [my father is a gift] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] killed of the Edomi [red] in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

13 And he put garrisons in Edom [Red]; and all the Edomi [red] became David’s [beloved]’s servants. Thus the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) preserved David [beloved] to wherever he went.

14 So David [beloved] reigned over all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

15 And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] [was] over the host; and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] the son of Achilud [child’s brother], recorder.

16 And Tzadok [righteous] the son of Achituv [my brother is good], and Avi-Melekh [My Father is King] the son of Avyatar [my father is great], [were] the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

17 And B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] [was] over the K’reti [executioners] and the P’leti [couriers]; and the sons of David [beloved] [were] chief about the king.