1 Deretter angrep David filisterne og beseiret dem; og David tok makten over hovedbyen fra filisternes hender.

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them; and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

2 Han beseiret også moabittene. Han målte dem med en linje mens de lå på bakken; to linjer for død og en full linje for liv. Så ble moabittene Davids tjenere og ga ham gaver.

And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

3 David beseiret Hadadezer, sønn av Rehob, kongen i Soba, da han dro til elven for å vise sin makt.

And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

4 David tok fra ham tusen syv hundre ryttere og tjue tusen fotsoldater; og David skar over hestesenerne, men beholdt nok hester til hundre stridsvogner.

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

5 Da arameerne fra Damaskus kom for å hjelpe Hadadezer, kongen av Soba, drepte David tjue to tusen av arameerne 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 of the Aramaeans.

6 David satte soldater i Aram i Damaskus; og arameerne ble Davids tjenere og ga ham gaver. Og Herren lot David seire hvor han enn dro.

And David put armed forces in Aram of Damascus: and the Aramaeans became servants to David and gave him offerings. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

7 David tok gullemballemer fra Hadadezers tjenere og brakte dem til Jerusalem.

And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

8 Fra Tebah og Berotai, Hadadezers byer, tok kong David en stor mengde kobber.

And from Tebah and Berothai, towns of Hadadezer, King David took a great store of brass.

9 Da Tou, kongen av Hamat, hørte at David hadde beseiret hele hæren til Hadadezer,

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

10 sendte han sin sønn Hadoram til David med fredelige ord og velsignelser, fordi han hadde beseiret Hadadezer i kampen. Hadoram hadde med seg kar av sølv, gull og kobber:

He sent his son Hadoram to David, with words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had wars with Tou; and Hadoram took with him vessels of silver and gold and brass:

11 Disse gjorde kong David hellige for Herren, sammen med sølvet og gullet han hadde tatt fra de folkene han hadde beseiret—

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

12 Folkene i Edom, Moab, Ammons barn, filisterne, amalekittene og de eiendeler han hadde tatt fra Hadadezer, sønn av Rehob, kongen av Soba.

The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

13 David vant stor ære for seg selv da han kom tilbake etter å ha blitt seirende i Edoms Saltdal, der han drepte atten tusen menn.

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

14 Han satte soldater i Edom; over hele Edom stasjonerte han styrker, og alle edomittene ble Davids tjenere. Og Herren lot David seire hvor han enn dro.

And he put armed forces in Edom; all through Edom he had armed forces stationed, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the Lord made David overcome wherever he went.

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

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

16 Joab, sønn av Seruja, var hærfører; og Josjafat, sønn av Ahilud, var historieskriver.

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

17 Sadok og Ebjatar, sønn av Abimelek, sønn av Ahitub, var prester; og Seraja var sekretær.

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

18 Benaja, sønn av Jojada, hadde ansvar for kreterne og peletittene. Davids sønner var prester.

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were priests.