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Nalupig ang Ammon at Aram(A)

10 Hindi nagtagal at namatay ang hari ng mga Ammonita. Ang pumalit dito ay ang anak niyang si Hanun. Sinabi ni David, “Kakaibiganin ko si Hanun, ang anak ni Nahas, sapagkat kaibigan kong matalik ang kanyang ama.” Kaya't nagsugo siya ng mga kinatawan upang makiramay sa kanya.

Ngunit nang dumating ang mga ito, sinabi ng mga pinunong Ammonita kay Hanun, “Nakakatiyak ba kayo na talagang pinaparangalan ni David ang inyong ama sa kanyang pakikiramay sa inyo? Hindi kaya lihim na nagmamanman lamang ang mga sugong ito para masakop ang lunsod?”

Kaya't ipinahuli ni Hanun ang mga sugo ni David, inahit ang kalahati ng kanilang balbas, at ginupit ang kanilang kasuotan hanggang sa balakang, saka ipinagtabuyan. Nang mabalitaan ni David ang ginawang paghamak na ito, ipinasalubong niya ang kanyang mga sugo sapagkat sila'y nahihiyang magbalik. Inutusan niyang doon na muna sila sa Jerico, hanggang hindi tumutubong muli ang kanilang balbas.

Nang malaman ng mga Ammonita na ito'y ikinagalit ni David, umupa sila ng 20,000 kawal mula sa Aram buhat sa Beth-rehob at Soba. Umupa rin sila ng 1,000 tauhan sa pangunguna ng hari ng Maaca, at 12,000 pang taga-Tob. Nalaman ito ni David, kaya't pinalabas niya si Joab kasama ang lahat niyang mandirigma. Dumating naman ang mga Ammonita at humanay sa pintuan ng lunsod. Samantala, sa labas ng kapatagan naman humanay ang mga kawal ng Aram, kasama ang mga tauhan nina Tob at Maaca.

Nang makita ni Joab ang mga kaaway sa kanilang harapan at likuran, itinapat niya sa mga kawal ng Aram ang pinakamahuhusay na kawal Israelita. 10 Ang iba niyang kawal ay ipinailalim niya sa pamumuno ni Abisai na kanyang kapatid, at iniharap naman sa mga Ammonita. 11 Sinabi ni Joab kay Abisai, “Kung hindi namin makakaya ang mga kawal ng Aram, tulungan ninyo kami. Kung hindi naman ninyo kaya ang mga Ammonita, kayo ang tutulungan namin. 12 Magpakatapang kayo! Lakasan ninyo ang loob sa paglaban alang-alang sa bayan at sa mga lunsod ng ating Diyos, at mangyari nawa ang kalooban ni Yahweh.” 13 Lumusob sina Joab at nang malapit na sila'y nagtakbuhan sa takot ang mga kawal ng Aram. 14 Pagkakita ng mga Ammonita sa nangyari, umatras na rin sila at pumasok sa lunsod dahil sa takot kay Abisai. Mula sa labanan, si Joab ay nagbalik sa Jerusalem.

15 Nang malaman ng mga taga-Siria na sila ay natalo ng mga Israelita, muli nilang tinipon ang kanilang hukbo. 16 Ipinatawag ni Hadadezer ang kanyang mga tauhan sa silangan ng Ilog Eufrates. Dumating sila sa Elam at ipinailalim sa pamumuno ni Sobac. 17 Umabot agad ito sa kaalaman ni David, kaya't tinipon niya ang buong hukbo ng Israel. Tumawid sila ng Ilog Jordan upang harapin ang mga kaaway sa Elam. Humanda naman ang mga kawal ng Aram, at sila'y naglaban. 18 Nalupig na naman sila at nagsitakas habang tinutugis ng mga Israelita. Ang napatay nina David ay 700 nakakarwahe at 40,000 kawal na nakakabayo. Pati si Sobac ay nasugatan nang malubha at namatay sa pook ng labanan. 19 Nang makita ng mga haring sakop ni Hadadezer na wala silang kalaban-laban sa Israel, sumuko na sila. Mula noon, hindi na tumulong kailanman ang mga taga-Siria sa mga Ammonita.

David Defeats the Ammonites(A)

10 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash,(B) just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites, the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out(C) and overthrow it?” So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard,(D) cut off their garments at the buttocks,(E) and sent them away.

When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”

When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious(F) to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean(G) foot soldiers from Beth Rehob(H) and Zobah,(I) as well as the king of Maakah(J) with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.(K)

On hearing this, David sent Joab(L) out with the entire army of fighting men. The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.

Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. 10 He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai(M) his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. 11 Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. 12 Be strong,(N) and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”(O)

13 Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. 14 When the Ammonites(P) realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

15 After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. 16 Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.

17 When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. 18 But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.[a] He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject(Q) to them.

So the Arameans(R) were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew horsemen