A List of David's Victories in War
(2 Samuel 8.1-14)1 Later, David attacked and defeated the Philistines. He captured their town of Gath and the nearby villages.
2 David also defeated the Moabites, and so they had to accept him as their ruler and pay taxes to him.
3 While King Hadadezer of Zobah was trying to gain control of the territory near the Euphrates River, David met him in battle at Hamath and defeated him. 4 David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 chariot drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. And he crippled all but 100 of the horses.
5 When troops from the Syrian kingdom of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them. 6 Then David stationed some of his troops in Damascus, and the people there had to accept David as their ruler and pay taxes to him.
Everywhere David went, the Lord helped him win battles.
7 Hadadezer's officers had carried gold shields, but David took these shields and brought them back to Jerusalem. 8 He also took a lot of bronze from the cities of Tibhath and Cun, which had belonged to Hadadezer. Later, Solomon used this bronze to make the large bowl called the Sea, and to make the pillars and other furnishings for the temple.
9-10 King Tou of Hamath and King Hadadezer had been enemies. So when Tou heard that David had defeated Hadadezer's whole army, he sent his son Hadoram to congratulate David on his victory. Hadoram also brought him gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze. 11 David gave these gifts to the Lord, just as he had done with the silver and gold he had captured from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek.
12 Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated the Edomite army in Salt Valley and killed 18,000 of their troops. 13 Then he stationed troops in Edom, and the people there had to accept David as their ruler.
Everywhere David went, the Lord gave him victory in war.
A List of David's Officials
(2 Samuel 8.15-18)14 David ruled all Israel with fairness and justice.
15 Joab the son of Zeruiah was the commander in chief of the army.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud kept the government records.
16 Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests.
Shavsha was the secretary.
17 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of David's bodyguard.
David's sons were his highest-ranking officials.
Victoires de David sur les Philistins, les Moabites, les Syriens, les Édomites. Hauts fonctionnaires de David
V. 1-13: cf. 2 S 8:1-14. 1 S 18:14. (Ps 60; 108.) 2 Co 2:14.1 Après cela, David battit les Philistins et les humilia, et il enleva de la main des Philistins Gath et les villes de son ressort. 2 Il battit les Moabites, et les Moabites furent assujettis à David et lui payèrent un tribut. 3 David battit Hadarézer, roi de Tsoba, vers Hamath, lorsqu’il alla établir sa domination sur le fleuve de l’Euphrate. 4 David lui prit mille chars, sept mille cavaliers, et vingt mille hommes de pied; il coupa les jarrets à tous les chevaux de trait, et ne conserva que cent attelages. 5 Les Syriens de Damas vinrent au secours d’Hadarézer, roi de Tsoba, et David battit vingt-deux mille Syriens. 6 David mit des garnisons dans la Syrie de Damas. Et les Syriens furent assujettis à David, et lui payèrent un tribut. L’Éternel protégeait David partout où il allait. 7 Et David prit les boucliers d’or qu’avaient les serviteurs d’Hadarézer, et les apporta à Jérusalem. 8 David prit encore une grande quantité d’airain à Thibchath et à Cun, villes d’Hadarézer. Salomon en fit la mer d’airain, les colonnes et les ustensiles d’airain. 9 Thohu, roi de Hamath, apprit que David avait battu toute l’armée d’Hadarézer, roi de Tsoba, 10 et il envoya Hadoram, son fils, vers le roi David, pour le saluer, et pour le féliciter d’avoir attaqué Hadarézer et de l’avoir battu. Car Thohu était en guerre avec Hadarézer. Il envoya aussi toutes sortes de vases d’or, d’argent et d’airain. 11 Le roi David les consacra à l’Éternel, avec l’argent et l’or qu’il avait pris sur toutes les nations, sur Édom, sur Moab, sur les fils d’Ammon, sur les Philistins et sur Amalek. 12 Abischaï, fils de Tseruja, battit dans la vallée du sel dix-huit mille Édomites. 13 Il mit des garnisons dans Édom, et tout Édom fut assujetti à David. L’Éternel protégeait David partout où il allait.
V. 14-17: cf. 2 S 8:15-18.14 David régna sur tout Israël, et il faisait droit et justice à tout son peuple. 15 Joab, fils de Tseruja, commandait l’armée; Josaphat, fils d’Achilud, était archiviste; 16 Tsadok, fils d’Achithub, et Abimélec, fils d’Abiathar, étaient sacrificateurs; Schavscha était secrétaire; 17 Benaja, fils de Jehojada, était chef des Kéréthiens et des Péléthiens; et les fils de David étaient les premiers auprès du roi.
