| 1 Después de esto, David derrotó a los filisteos y los sometió, arrebatándoles Gat y sus poblados. | 1 After this David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines. |
| 2 Derrotó a Moab y los moabitas fueron siervos de David, sometidos a tributo. | 2 And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute. |
| 3 Derrotó también a Adadézer, rey de Sobá, en Jamat, cuando iba a establecer su dominio en el río Éufrates. | 3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah, toward Hamath, as he went to set up his monument at the river Euphrates. |
| 4 David le capturó mil carros, siete mil jinetes y veinte mil soldados de infantería; y mutiló los caballos de tiro, de los que se reservó un centenar. | 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots. |
| 5 Los sirios de Damasco acudieron en auxilio de Adadézer, rey de Sobá, pero David mató veintidós mil hombres | 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians. |
| 6 e impuso gobernadores a los sirios de Damasco; los sirios se convirtieron en vasallos de David sometidos a tributo. El Señor dio la victoria a David en todas sus campañas. | 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. |
| 7 David recogió los escudos de oro que llevaban los servidores de Adadézer y los llevó a Jerusalén. | 7 And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. |
| 8 En Tibjat y Cun, ciudades de Adadézer, se apoderó de una inmensa cantidad de bronce, con la que Salomón hizo el mar de bronce, las columnas y los utensilios de bronce. | 8 And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze. |
| 9 Cuando Tou, rey de Jamat, se enteró de que David había derrotado al ejército de Adadézer, rey de Sobá, | 9 When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, |
| 10 envió a su hijo Adorán a visitar al rey David para saludarlo y felicitarlo por haber luchado contra Adadézer y haberlo vencido. (Es que Tou estaba en guerra con Adadézer). Adorán llevó objetos de oro, plata y bronce. | 10 he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze; |
| 11 El rey David consagró al Señor esos objetos junto con la plata y el oro que había tomado de todas las naciones: Edón, Moab, los amonitas, los filisteos y Amalec. | 11 these also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. |
| 12 Abisay, hijo de Seruyá, derrotó a dieciocho mil edomitas en Gue Hammélaj, | 12 And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, slew eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt. |
| 13 impuso gobernadores a Edón y los edomitas fueron vasallos de David. El Señor dio la victoria a David en todas sus campañas. | 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. |
| 14 David reinó en todo Israel administrando derecho y justicia a todo el pueblo. | 14 So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and equity to all his people. |
| 15 Joab, hijo de Seruyá, mandaba el ejército; Josafat, hijo de Ajilub, era el heraldo; | 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; |
| 16 Sadoc, hijo de Ajitub, y Abimélec, hijo de Abiatar, eran sacerdotes; y Susá era secretario. | 16 and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary; |
| 17 Benaías, hijo de Yehoyadá mandaba a los quereteos y pelteos. Los hijos de David eran los primeros junto al rey. | 17 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were the chief officials in the service of the king. |
