Etter dette angrep David filisterne og beseiret dem, og tok Gatt med dens rundtliggende byer fra filisterne.

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines.

Han beseiret også Moab, og moabittene ble hans tjenere og ga ham gaver.

And he overcame Moab, and the Moabites became his servants and gave him offerings.

Så beseiret David Hadadeser, kongen av Soba, nær Hamath, da han prøvde å utvide sitt herredømme ved Eufrat.

Then David overcame Hadadezer, king of Zobah, near Hamath, when he was going to make his power seen by the river Euphrates.

David tok fra ham tusen stridsvogner, syv tusen ryttere og tjue tusen fotsoldater. Han skar de fleste hestens sener, men beholdt nok til hundre stridsvogner.

And David took from him a thousand war-carriages and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen: and he had the leg-muscles of all the horses cut, keeping only enough of them for a hundred war-carriages.

Da arameerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadeser, kongen av Soba, drepte David tjue to tusen arameere med sverdet.

And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand Aramaeans.

David plasserte militærstyrker i Damaskus, og arameerne ble hans tjenere og ga ham gaver. Herren ga David seier uansett hvor han dro.

Then David put armed forces in Damascus, and the Aramaeans became his servants and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

David tok de gullbeslåtte skjermene fra Hadadesers tjenere og brakte dem til Jerusalem.

And the gold body-covers of the servants of Hadadezer, David took to Jerusalem.

Fra Tibhath og Kun, Hadadesers byer, tok David store mengder bronse, som Salomo brukte til å lage den store bronse sjøen, søylene og karene.

And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels.

Da Tou, kongen av Hamath, fikk høre at David hadde beseiret hele Hadadesers hær,

Now when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,

sendte han sin sønn Hadoram til kong David for å hilse på ham og velsigne ham, fordi han hadde beseiret Hadadeser i kamp; for Tou hadde vært i krig med Hadadeser. Han brakte med seg forskjellige kar av gull, sølv og bronse.

He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

Kong David helliget disse til Herren, sammen med sølvet og gullet han hadde tatt fra alle folkene; fra Edom, Moab, ammonittene, filisterne og Amalek.

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold he had taken from all nations; from Edom and Moab and from the children of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.

Da han kom tilbake etter å ha drept attén tusen edomitter i Saltdalen,

And when he came back from putting to the sword eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt,

plasserte David militærstyrker i alle Edoms byer; og alle edomittene ble Davids tjenere. Herren gjorde David seirende uansett hvor han dro.

David put armed forces in all the towns of Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. The Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

Så var David konge over hele Israel, og han dømte og fattet rettferdige beslutninger for hele sitt folk.

So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

Joab, Serujas sønn, var leder for hæren, og Josjafat, Akiluds sønn, var riksskriver.

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

Sadok, Ahitubs sønn, og Ahimelek, Abiathars sønn, var prester; og Shavsa var skriver.

And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

Benaja, Jehojadas sønn, hadde ansvar for kreteren og peleten; og Davids sønner var fremtredende rådgivere ved kongens side.

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.