1 It happened after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

2 And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to Hanun in the land of the children of Ammon to comfort him.

3 And the leaders of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, In your eyes is David honoring your father in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search, to overthrow and to spy out the land?

4 Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.

5 Then some went and reported to David about the men; and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Syrian Naharaim, from Syrian Maachah, and from Zobah.

7 So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, with the king of Maachah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

9 And the sons of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array before the entrance to the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

10 And when Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s choice ones and put them in battle array to meet the Syrians.

11 And the rest of the people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in battle array against the sons of Ammon.

12 And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

13 Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may Jehovah do what is good in His eyes.

14 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

15 And when the sons of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. So Joab came to Jerusalem.

16 So when the Syrians saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.

17 And when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and came upon them, and set up in battle array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians, and killed Shophach the commander of the army.

19 And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with David and served him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

1 E ACONTECEU, depois disto, que Naás, rei dos filhos de Amom, morreu: e seu filho reinou em seu lugar. 2 Então disse Davi: Usarei de beneficência com Hanum, filho de Naás, porque seu pai usou de beneficência comigo. Pelo que Davi enviou mensageiros para o consolarem acerca de seu pai. E, vindo os servos de Davi à terra dos filhos de Amom, a Hanum, para o consolarem, 3 Disseram os príncipes dos filhos de Amom a Hanum: Porventura honra Davi a teu pai aos teus olhos, porque te mandou consoladores? Não vieram seus servos a ti, a esquadrinhar, e a transtornar, e a espiar a terra? 4 Pelo que Hanum tomou os servos de Davi, e os rapou, e lhes cortou os vestidos pelo meio até à coxa da perna, e os despediu. 5 E foram-se, e avisaram a Davi acerca destes homens, e mandou ao encontro deles; porque aqueles homens estavam sobremaneira envergonhados. Disse pois o rei: Deixai-vos ficar em Jericó, até que vos torne a crescer a barba, e então tornai. 6 Vendo pois os filhos de Amom que se tinham feito odiosos para com Davi, então enviou Hanum, e os filhos de Amom, mil talentos de prata, para alugarem para si carros e cavaleiros de Mesopotâmia, e da Síria de Maaca, e de Zobá. 7 E alugaram para si trinta e dois mil carros, e o rei de Maaca e a sua gente, e eles vieram e se acamparam diante de Medeba: também os filhos de Amom se ajuntaram das suas cidades, e vieram para a guerra. 8 O que ouvindo Davi, enviou Joabe e todo o exército dos homens valorosos. 9 E, saindo os filhos de Amom, ordenaram a batalha à porta da cidade; porém os reis que vieram se puseram à parte no campo. 10 E, vendo Joabe que a frente da batalha estava contra ele por diante e por detrás, fez escolha dentre os mais escolhidos de Israel, e os ordenou contra os siros: 11 E o resto do povo entregou na mão de Abisai, seu irmão; e puseram-se em ordem de batalha contra os filhos de Amom. 12 E disse: Se os siros forem mais fortes do que eu, tu virás socorrer-me; e, se os filhos de Amom forem mais fortes do que tu, então eu te socorrerei a ti. 13 Esforça-te, e esforcemo-nos pelo nosso povo, e pelas cidades do nosso Deus, e faça o Senhor o que parecer bem aos seus olhos. 14 Então se chegou Joabe, e o povo que tinha consigo diante dos siros, para a batalha; e fugiram de diante dele. 15 Vendo pois os filhos de Amom que os siros fugiram, também eles fugiram de diante de Abisai, seu irmão, e entraram na cidade: e veio Joabe para Jerusalém. 16 E, vendo os siros que foram derrotados diante de Israel, enviaram mensageiros, e fizeram sair os siros que habitavam da banda dalém do rio; e Sofaque, capitão do exército de Hadar-Ezer, marchava diante deles. 17 Do que avisado Davi, ajuntou a todo o Israel, e passou o Jordão, e veio ter com eles, e ordenou contra eles a batalha: e, tendo Davi ordenado a batalha contra os siros, pelejaram estes contra ele. 18 Porém os siros fugiram de diante de Israel, e feriu Davi, dos siros, sete mil cavalos de carros, e quarenta mil homens de pé: e a Sofaque, capitão do exército, matou. 19 Vendo pois os servos de Hadar-Ezer que tinham sido feridos diante de Israel, fizeram paz com Davi, e o serviram: e os siros nunca mais quiseram socorrer os filhos de Amom.