Primo libro delle Cronache 18

LA SACRA BIBBIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Dopo ciò Davide sconfisse i Filistei, li sottomise e prese loro Gat con le sue dipendenze.	1 Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them, and he took Gath and her daughters from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Quindi sconfisse Moab e i Moabiti divennero vassalli di Davide e suoi tributari.	2 And he struck Moab. And the Moabites became the servants of David, offering gifts to him.
3 Davide inoltre sconfisse Adad-E'zer, re di Zoba, verso Camat, mentre si recava a stabilire il suo dominio sul fiume Eufrate.	3 In that time, David also struck Hadadezer, the king of Zobah, in the region of Hamath, when he went forth so that he might extend his dominion as far as the river Euphrates.
4 Davide gli prese mille carri, settemila cavalieri e ventimila fanti; Davide tagliò i garretti a tutti i cavalli risparmiandone un centinaio.	4 Then David seized one thousand of his four-horse chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot. And he hamstrung all the chariot horses, except for one hundred four-horse chariots, which he reserved for himself.
5 Gli Aramei di Damasco vennero in aiuto di Adad-E'zer, re di Zoba, ma Davide uccise ventiduemila di questi Aramei.	5 Then the Syrians of Damascus also arrived, so that they might offer assistance to Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. And so, David then struck of them twenty-two thousand men.
6 Davide stabilì governatori nell'Aram di Damasco e gli Aramei divennero vassalli e tributari di Davide. Il Signore concesse la vittoria a Davide in ogni sua impresa.	6 And he stationed soldiers in Damascus, so that Syria also would serve him, and would offer gifts. And the Lord assisted him in all the things to which he went forth.
7 Egli prese anche gli scudi d'oro portati dagli ufficiali di Adad-E'zer e li trasportò a Gerusalemme.	7 Also, David took the golden quivers, which the servants of Hadadezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Da Tibcat e da Cun, città di Adad-E'zer, Davide asportò una grande quantità di bronzo, con cui Salomone costruì il mare di bronzo, le colonne e le suppellettili di bronzo.	8 In addition, from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, he brought very much brass, from which Solomon made the sea of brass, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Quando Tou, re di Camat, ebbe udito che Davide aveva sconfitto tutto l'esercito di Adad-E'zer, re di Zoba,	9 Now when Toi, the king of Hamath, had heard this, specifically that David had struck the entire army of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah,
10 inviò il figlio suo Adoram al re Davide per salutarlo e per felicitarlo di aver combattuto e vinto Adad-E'zer; infatti Tou era sempre in guerra con Adad-E'zer. Adoram portava con sé oggetti d'oro, d'argento e di bronzo.	10 he sent his son Hadoram to king David so that he might petition peace from him, and so that he might congratulate him that he had struck and defeated Hadadezer. For indeed, Toi was an adversary to Hadadezer.
11 Anche questi oggetti il re Davide consacrò al Signore insieme con l'argento e l'oro che aveva preso da tutti i popoli, cioè da Edom, da Moab, dagli Ammoniti, dai Filistei e dagli Amaleciti.	11 Moreover, all the vessels of gold and silver and brass king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations, as much from Idumea, and Moab, and the sons of Ammon, as from the Philistines and Amalek.
12 Abisai, figlio di Zeruià, sconfisse nella Valle del Sale diciottomila Edomiti.	12 Truly, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, struck eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of the Salt Pits.
13 Davide pose guarnigioni in Edom; tutti gli Edomiti divennero suoi vassalli. Il Signore rendeva Davide vittorioso in ogni sua impresa.	13 And he stationed a garrison in Edom, so that Idumea would serve David. And the Lord saved David in all the things to which he went forth.
14 Davide regnò su tutto Israele e rese giustizia con le sue sentenze a tutto il popolo.	14 Therefore, David reigned over all of Israel, and he executed judgment and justice among all his people.
15 Ioab, figlio di Zeruià, era comandante dell'esercito; Giosafat, figlio di Achilud, era archivista.	15 Now Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the keeper of records.
16 Zadòk, figlio di Achitùb e Abimèlech, figlio di Ebiatàr erano sacerdoti, mentre Savsa era scriba.	16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were the priests. And Shavsha was the scribe.
17 Benaià, figlio di Ioiadà, comandava i Cretei e i Peletei; i figli di Davide poi erano i primi a fianco del re.	17 Also, Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the legions of the Cherethites and Pelethites. But the sons of David were first at the hand of the king.