¹After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹Poslije toga David porazi Filistejce i pokori ih te ote Gat s njegovim selima iz filistejskih ruku.

²He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

²Porazio je i Moapce i oni postadoše Davidovi podanici koji su mu donosili danak.

³David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

³David je porazio i Hadadezera, sopskoga kralja u Hamatu, kad je izišao da utvrdi svoju vlast do rijeke Eufrata.

⁴David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.

⁴David zarobi od njega tisuću bojnih kola, sedam tisuća konjanika i dvadeset tisuća pješaka; ispresijecao je petne žile svim konjima od bojnih kola, ostavio ih je samo stotinu.

⁵When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

⁵Damaščanski su Aramejci bili došli u pomoć Hadadezeru, sopskome kralju, ali je David pobio među Aramejcima dvadeset i dvije tisuće ljudi.

⁶Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

⁶Postavio je namjesnike u Damaščanskom Aramu. Tako Aramejci postadoše Davidovi podanici i moradoše mu plaćati danak. Jahve je davao pobjedu Davidu kuda je god išao.

⁷David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

⁷David zaplijeni zlatne štitove što ih imahu Hadadezerove sluge i donese ih u Jeruzalem.

⁸From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

⁸I iz Hadadezerovih gradova Tibhata i Kuna odnio je silni tuč od kojega je Salomon načinio mjedeno more, stupove i tučano posuđe.

⁹When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

⁹Kad je čuo hamatski kralj Tou da je David porazio svu vojsku Hadadezera, sopskoga kralja,

¹⁰he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou;) and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

¹⁰posla svoga sina Hadorama kralju Davidu da ga pozdravi i da mu čestita što je vojevao protiv Hadadezera i porazio ga, jer je Tou bio u ratu s Hadadezerom; i da mu odnese svakojakih zlatnih, srebrnih i tučanih predmeta.

¹¹King David also dedicated these to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

¹¹I njih je kralj David posvetio Jahvi sa srebrom i zlatom što ga bijaše uzeo od svih naroda, od Edomaca, Moabaca, Amonaca, Filistejaca i Amalečana.

¹²Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

¹²Sarvijin sin Abišaj pobio je osamnaest tisuća Edomaca u Slanoj dolini.

¹³He put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

¹³David je postavio namjesnike po Edomu. Tako su svi Edomci postali Davidove sluge. I kuda je god David išao, Jahve mu davaše pobjedu.

¹⁴David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

¹⁴David kraljevaše nad svim Izraelom čineći pravo i pravicu svemu svome narodu.

¹⁵Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;

¹⁵Sarvijin je sin Joab bio zapovjednik vojske; Ahiludov sin Jošafat bijaše tajni savjetnik.

¹⁶and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

¹⁶Ahitubov sin Sadok i Ahimelekov sin Ebjatar bili su svećenici, Šavša pisar.

¹⁷and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

¹⁷Jojadin sin Benaja bio je nad Kerećanima i Pelećanima, a Davidovi su sinovi bili prvi do kralja.