¹In ko je preteklo leto, ob času, ko hodijo kralji na boj, je peljal Joab ven vojne trume in opustošil deželo sinov Amonovih, in pride in oblega Rabo. David pa je ostal v Jeruzalemu. In Joab je udaril Rabo in jo razdejal.

¹And it cometh to pass, at the time of the turn of the year — at the time of the going out of the messengers — that Joab leadeth out the force of the host, and destroyeth the land of the sons of Ammon, and cometh in and beseigeth Rabbah — David is abiding in Jerusalem — and Joab smiteth Rabbah, and breaketh it down.

²In David vzame krono njih kralja z glave njegove, težko talent zlata in obloženo z dragimi kameni; in posadili so jo Davidu na glavo. Tudi plena iz mesta je odpeljal silno veliko.

²And David taketh the crown of their king from off his head, and findeth it [in] weight a talent of gold, and in it a precious stone, and it is on the head of David: and spoil of the city he hath brought out very much,

³In izpeljal je ljudstvo, ki je bilo v njem, in jih je postavil pri žagah in pri železnih mlatilnicah in pri sekirah. Tako je storil David vsem mestom sinov Amonovih. In David in vse ljudstvo se vrne v Jeruzalem.

³and the people who [are] in it he hath brought out, and setteth to the saw, and to cutting instruments of iron, and to axes; and thus doth David to all cities of the sons of Ammon, and David turneth back, and all the people, to Jerusalem.

⁴Potem se vname vojska v Gezerju s Filistejci. Takrat je udaril Sibekaj Husajec Sipaja, iz sinov velikanovih; in bili so ponižani.

⁴And it cometh to pass, after this, that there remaineth war in Gezer with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Sippai, of the children of the giant, and they are humbled.

⁵In zopet je bila vojna s Filistejci; in Elhanan, sin Jairov, je udaril Lahmija, brata Goliata Gatovca, ki je imel suličišče pri svoji sulici kakor tkalsko vratilo.

⁵And there is again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair smiteth Lahmi, brother of Goliath the Gittite, the wood of whose spear [is] like a beam of weavers.

⁶In zopet je bila bitka v Gatu, kjer je bil mož visoke postave, ki je imel po šest prstov na rokah in na nogah, skupaj štiriindvajset; tudi ta se je bil rodil velikanu.

⁶And there is again war in Gath, and there is a man of measure, and his fingers and his toes [are] six and six, twenty and four, and also, he hath been born to the giant.

⁷Ko je ta sramotil Izraela, ga je ubil Jonatan, sin Simea, brata Davidovega.Ti so se bili rodili velikanu v Gatu, in padli so po roki Davidovi in po roki služabnikov njegovih.

⁷And he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimea, brother of David.

⁸Ti so se bili rodili velikanu v Gatu, in padli so po roki Davidovi in po roki služabnikov njegovih.

⁸These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.