2 Samuel 8
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Otras batallas de David (1 Cr 18.1-13)
8 Poco tiempo después, David atacó a los filisteos. Les quitó la ciudad de Meteg-hamá, y los tuvo bajo su poder. 2 También derrotó a los moabitas. Los hizo acostarse en fila, y de cada tres soldados a dos los mataba y a uno le perdonaba la vida. Así fue como los moabitas tuvieron que reconocer a David como su rey, y pagarle impuestos.
3 Hadad-ézer estaba por recuperar el control sobre la región del río Éufrates, pero David lo derrotó. Este Hadad-ézer era hijo de Rehob, y rey de Sobá. 4 Como resultado de la batalla David tomó presos a mil setecientos jinetes y a veinte mil soldados de a pie. A la mayoría de los caballos les rompió las patas, y sólo dejó sanos a cien.
5 Los arameos que vivían en Damasco vinieron a ayudar al rey Hadad-ézer, pero David mató a veintidós mil de ellos. 6-8 Luego puso guardias entre los arameos que vivían en Damasco, y también ellos tuvieron que reconocer a David como rey y empezar a pagarle impuestos.
David tomó los escudos de oro que traían los oficiales de Hadad-ézer, y se los llevó a Jerusalén. También se llevó todo el bronce de las ciudades que gobernaba Hadad-ézer, desde Betá hasta Berotai. Así fue como Dios le daba siempre la victoria a David.
9-10 Hadad-ézer había peleado muchas veces contra Toi, rey de Hamat. Por eso, cuando Toi supo que David había derrotado al ejército de Hadad-ézer, envió a su hijo Joram a saludar y felicitar al rey David por su triunfo.
Joram le llevó al rey David regalos de oro, plata y bronce. 11-12 David le entregó todo esto a Dios, junto con el oro y la plata de las naciones que había conquistado: Edom, Moab, Amón, Filistea, Amalec y Sobá.
13 Y David se hacía más y más famoso.
En cierta ocasión mató a dieciocho mil edomitas en el Valle de la Sal, 14 luego puso guardias por todo su territorio, y así los edomitas lo reconocieron como rey.
Dios seguía dándole victorias a David, 15 y como rey de los israelitas, David siempre fue bueno y justo con ellos.
Los asistentes de David (2 S 20.23-26; 1 Cr 18.15-17)
16 Los principales asistentes de David fueron los siguientes:
Joab hijo de Seruiá, que era jefe del ejército;
Josafat hijo de Ahilud, que era secretario del reino;
17 Sadoc hijo de Ahitub, y Abimélec hijo de Abiatar, que eran sacerdotes;
Seraías, que era su secretario personal;
18 Benaías hijo de Joiadá, jefe del grupo filisteo al servicio del rey;
y los hijos de David, que eran sacerdotes.
2 Samuel 8
Living Bible
8 After this David subdued and humbled the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest city. 2 He also devastated the land of Moab. He divided his victims by making them lie down side by side in rows. Two-thirds of each row, as measured with a tape, were butchered, and one-third were spared to become David’s servants—they paid him tribute each year.
3 He also destroyed the forces of King Hadadezer (son of Rehob) of Zobah in a battle at the Euphrates River, for Hadadezer had attempted to regain his power. 4 David captured seventeen hundred cavalry and twenty thousand infantry; then he lamed all of the chariot horses except for one hundred teams. 5 He also slaughtered twenty-two thousand Syrians from Damascus when they came to help Hadadezer. 6 David placed several army garrisons in Damascus, and the Syrians became David’s subjects and brought him annual tribute money. So the Lord gave him victories wherever he turned. 7 David brought the gold shields to Jerusalem which King Hadadezer’s officers had used. 8 He also carried back to Jerusalem a very large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s cities of Betah and Berothai.
9 When King Toi of Hamath heard about David’s victory over the army of Hadadezer, 10 he sent his son Joram to congratulate him, for Hadadezer and Toi were enemies. He gave David presents made from silver, gold, and bronze. 11-12 David dedicated all of these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had taken from Syria, Moab, Ammon, the Philistines, Amalek, and King Hadadezer.
13 So David became very famous. After his return he destroyed eighteen thousand Edomites[a] in Salt Valley, 14 and then placed garrisons throughout Edom, so that the entire nation was forced to pay tribute to Israel—another example of the way the Lord made him victorious wherever he went.
15 David reigned with justice over Israel and was fair to everyone. 16 The general of his army was Joab (son of Zeruiah), and his secretary of state was Jehoshaphat (son of Ahilud). 17 Zadok (son of Ahitub) and Ahimelech (son of Abiathar) were the High Priests, and Seraiah was the king’s private secretary. 18 Benaiah (son of Jehoiada) was captain of his bodyguard,[b] and David’s sons were his assistants.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 8:13 Edomites, literally, “Syrians.”
- 2 Samuel 8:18 captain of his bodyguard, literally, “the Cherethites and Pelethites.” were his assistants, literally, “were priests”; see 1 Chronicles 18:17.
2 Samuel 8
King James Version
8 And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
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