David's Military Victories
(1 Chronicles 18.1-17)1 Some time later King David attacked the Philistines again, defeated them, and ended their control over the land.
2 Then he defeated the Moabites. He made the prisoners lie down on the ground and put two out of every three of them to death. So the Moabites became his subjects and paid taxes to him.
3 Then he defeated the king of the Syrian state of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as Hadadezer was on his way to restore his control over the territory by the upper Euphrates River. 4 David captured seventeen hundred of his cavalry and twenty thousand of his foot soldiers. He kept enough horses for a hundred chariots and crippled all the rest.
5 When the Syrians of Damascus sent an army to help King Hadadezer, David attacked it and killed twenty-two thousand men. 6 Then he set up military camps in their territory, and they became his subjects and paid taxes to him. The Lord made David victorious everywhere. 7 David captured the gold shields carried by Hadadezer's officials and took them to Jerusalem. 8 He also took a great quantity of bronze from Betah and Berothai, cities ruled by Hadadezer.
9 King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated all of Hadadezer's army. 10 So he sent his son Joram to greet King David and congratulate him for his victory over Hadadezer, against whom Toi had fought many times. Joram took David presents made of gold, silver, and bronze. 11 King David dedicated them for use in worship, along with the silver and gold he took from the nations he had conquered— 12 Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.
13 David became even more famous when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Edomites in Salt Valley. 14 He set up military camps throughout Edom, and the people there became his subjects. The Lord made David victorious everywhere.
15 David ruled over all of Israel and made sure that his people were always treated fairly and justly. 16 Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, was the commander of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records; 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the court secretary; 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was in charge of David's bodyguards; and David's sons were priests.
1 Un pēc tam notika, ka Dāvids sakāva filistiešus, un viņš tos pakļāva sev, un Dāvids pārņēma valdības grožus no filistiešu rokām.
2 Viņš uzvarēja arī Moābu un, pie zemes nogāzis, viņš moābiešus sadalīja ar mērnieku auklu; viņš nomērīja divi daļas nokaušanai, bet vienu pilnu mērauklas daļu dzīvošanai. Tā Moābs kļuva Dāvida kalps un maksāja meslus.
3 Pēc tam Dāvids uzvarēja Hadadēzeru, Rehoba dēlu, Cobas ķēniņu, kad tas bija izgājis, lai atkal nostiprinātu savu varu pie Eifratas.
4 Un Dāvids saņēma no viņa gūstā tūkstoš septiņsimt jātniekus un divdesmit tūkstoš kājniekus; viņš lika pārgriezt zirgiem kāju dzīslas, bet sev viņš paturēja simts ratu zirgus.
5 Kad nu sirieši no Damaskas nāca Cobas ķēniņam Hadadēzeram palīgā, tad Dāvids no šiem siriešiem nonāvēja divdesmit divus tūkstošus vīru.
6 Un Dāvids novietoja uzraugus Damaskā Sirijā, tā a sirieši kļuva Dāvidam par kalpiem un nesa meslus; un tas Kungs Dāvidam visur palīdzēja, kur vien viņš gāja.
7 Un Dāvids ņēma zelta vairogus, kas bija Hadadēzera galma ļaudīm piederējuši, un viņš lika tos nonest Jeruzālemē.
8 No Hadadēzera pilsētām, Betas un Berotajas, Dāvids paņēma daudz vara.
9 Bet kad Hāmatas ķēniņš Tous dzirdēja, ka Dāvids bija sakāvis visu Hadadēzera karaspēku,
10 Tad Tous sūtīja savu dēlu Jorāmu pie ķēniņa Dāvida, lai apvaicātos par viņa labklāšanos, lai viņu apsveiktu un svētītu, tādēļ ka viņš bija karojis ar Hadadēzera un bija to sakāvis, jo Tous bija Hadadēzera pretinieks; un viņam līdzi bija zelta, sudraba un vafa priekšmeti.
11 Ari tos ķēniņš Dāvids veltīja kā svētītus tam Kungam kopā ar to sudrabu un zeltu, ko viņš bija novēlējis tam Kungam no visām tām tautām, ko viņš bija sev pakļāvis,
12 Proti no Sirijas, no Moāba, no Amona bērniem, no filistiešiem, no amalekiešiem, no Hadadēzera, Rehoba dēla, Cobas ķēniņa, iegūtām mantām.
13 Un Dāvids sev sagādāja jo lielu jaunu slavu, pārnākdams no kaujas, kur viņš pie Sāls ielejas bija sakāvis ēdomiešus, astoņpadsmit tūkstoš vīrus.
14 Un viņš Edomā novietoja uzraugus, tā ka visa Ēdoma zeme bija viņam pakļauta un visi ēdomieši kļuva Dāvidam par kalpiem. Un tas Kungs palīdzēja Dāvidam visur, kur vien viņš gāja.
15 Tā Dāvids valdīja pār visu Israēlu, un Dāvids rūpējas par tiesu un taisnību visā savā tautā.
16 Un Joābs, Cerujas dēls, bija kapaspēka virspavēlnieks, un Jošafats, Ahiluda dēls, bija valsts padomnieks.
17 Un Cadoks, Ahituba dēls, un Abjatars, Ahimelecha dēls, bija priestepi, bet Seraja bija valsts rakstvedis.
18 Un Benaja, Jojadas dēls, bija virsnieks pār krētiešiem un plētiešiem, bet Dāvida dēliem bija priestepu pakāpe.
