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Cov tebchaws uas Davi kov yeej
(1VKk. 18:1-13)
2Nws ntaus yeej cov Mau‑a thiab. Nws yuam lawv pw ua ib kab sab rau hauv pem teb mas xuas hlua ntsuas lawv, ntsuas ob hluas muab tua pov tseg, ntsuas ib hluas tseg cia. Cov Mau‑a kuj zwm rau Davi thiab coj qhov txhia chaw tuaj them se rau nws.
3Davi kuj ntaus yeej Lehau tus tub Hadadexaw uas ua vajntxwv hauv lub moos Xaunpa, yog thaum Hadadexaw mus txeeb cov tebchaws ntawm dej Yufeti rov qab.
4Davi txeeb tau cov tub rog caij nees ib txhiab xya pua leej thiab cov tub rog mus kotaw ob vam leej, thiab Davi txiav cov nees uas hai tsheb ua rog leeg raws huvsi, tseg kom txaus hai ib puas lub tsheb ua rog xwb.
5Thaum cov neeg Alas uas nyob hauv lub nroog Damaxaka tuaj pab Xaunpa tus vajntxwv Hadadexaw, mas Davi tua cov Alas ob vam ob txhiab leej.
6Davi tsa ib co tub rog zov kav cov Alas hauv lub nroog Damaxaka. Cov Alas zwm rau Davi thiab coj qhov txhia chaw tuaj them se rau nws. Yawmsaub pub Davi kov yeej rau txhua qhov uas nws mus.
7Thiab Davi txeeb tau daim phiaj kub uas thaiv hauv siab uas Hadadexaw cov tub teg tub taws coj, thiab coj mus rau lub nroog Yeluxalees.
8Thiab vajntxwv Davi txeeb tau tooj liab ntau ntau li ntawm lub moos Npetha thiab lub moos Npelauthai uas yog Hadadexaw tej moos.
9Thaum vajntxwv Thau‑i hauv lub moos Hama hnov tias Davi tau ntaus yeej Hadadexaw cov tub rog huvsi lawm,
10Thau‑i txawm txib nws tus tub Yaulas mus cuag vajntxwv Davi mus hais ib lo lus tshav ntuj zoo siab rau nws rau qhov uas Davi tau ua rog thiab ntaus yeej Hadadexaw lawm, rau qhov Hadadexaw pheej ua rog rau Thau‑i. Yaulas kuj coj tej qhov txhia chaw uas xuas nyiaj xuas kub xuas tooj liab ua, tuaj pub rau Davi.
11Vajntxwv Davi muab txhua yam no xyeem pub rau Yawmsaub, thiab muab tej nyiaj kub uas nws muab tau ntawm txhua haiv neeg uas nws kov yeej xyeem pub rau Yawmsaub,
12yog tej uas nws txeeb tau ntawm cov Edoo,⚓ cov Mau‑a, cov Asmoo, cov Filixatee, cov Amalej thiab tej uas nws txeeb tau ntawm Lehau tus tub Hadadexaw uas ua vajntxwv hauv Xaunpa.
13Thaum Davi mus tua cov Edoo⚓ tuag ib vam yim txhiab leej rau hauv lub Hav Ntsev rov los, ces nws lub moo txawm nrov nto moo lug.
14Nws tso tub rog zov kav thoob tebchaws Edoo, mas cov neeg Edoo sawvdaws zwm rau Davi. Yawmsaub pub Davi kov yeej rau txhua qhov uas nws mus.
Cov uas ua Davi li haujlwm
(1VKk. 18:14-17)
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David’s Victories
1In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.
2David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
3Moreover, David defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his monument at⚓ the Euphrates River.
4David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers⚓ and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrung all but a hundred of the chariot horses.
5When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of them.
6He put garrisons in the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to him and brought tribute. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
7David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8From Tebah⚓ and Berothai, towns that belonged to Hadadezer, King David took a great quantity of bronze.
9When Tou⚓ king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,
10he sent his son Joram⚓ to King David to greet him and congratulate him on his victory in battle over Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Joram brought with him articles of silver, of gold and of bronze.
11King David dedicated these articles to the Lord, as he had done with the silver and gold from all the nations he had subdued:
12Edom⚓ and Moab, the Ammonites and the Philistines, and Amalek. He also dedicated the plunder taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
13And David became famous after he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites⚓ in the Valley of Salt.
14He put garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subject to David. The Lord gave David victory wherever he went.
David’s Officials
15David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.
16Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder;
17Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelek son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was secretary;
18Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were priests.⚓