¹Now it came to pass after this, that Nachash [serpent] the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] died, and his son reigned in his stead.

²And David [beloved] said, I will show kindness unto Hanun [gracious] the son of Nachash [serpent] , because his father showed kindness to me. And David [beloved] sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David [beloved] came into the land of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] to Hanun [gracious] , to comfort him.

³But the princes of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] said to Hanun [gracious] , Think youi that David [beloved] does honour youi father, that he has sent comforters unto youi ? are not his servants come unto youi for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

⁴For what reason Hanun [gracious] took David’s [beloved] ’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst beside their buttocks, and sent them away.

⁵Then there went [certain] , and told David [beloved] how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Yericho [Its Moon] until your beards be grown, and [then] return.

⁶And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that they had made themselves odious to David [beloved] , Hanun [gracious] and the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Aram [Elevated Between the Two Rivers] and out of Aram-Ma’akhah [exalted oppression] , and out of Tzovah [station] .

⁷So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma’akhah [oppression] and his people; who came and pitched before Meidva [Water of Rest] . And the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

⁸And when David [beloved] heard [of it] , he sent Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , and all the host of the mighty men.

⁹And the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] came out, and put the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come [were] by themselves in the field.

¹⁰Now when Yo’av [Yehovah is father] saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and put [them] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] .

¹¹And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Avishai [my father is a gift] his brother, and they set [themselves] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] .

¹²And he said, If the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] be too strong for me, then youi shall help me: but if the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] be too strong for youi , then I will help youi .

¹³Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] : and let the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) do [that which is] good in his sight.

¹⁴So Yo’av [Yehovah is father] and the people that [were] with him drew near before the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] unto the battle; and they fled before him.

¹⁵And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] were fled, they likewise fled before Avishai [my father is a gift] his brother, and entered into the city. Then Yo’av [Yehovah is father] came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .

¹⁶And when the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , they sent messengers, and drew forth the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] that [were] beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] [went] before them.

¹⁷And it was told David [beloved] ; and he gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and passed over Yarden [Descender] , and came upon them, and set [the battle] in array (to put on; to clothe) against them. So when David [beloved] had put the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) against the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] , they fought with him.

¹⁸But the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] fled before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and David [beloved] killed of the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] seven thousand [men which fought in] chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shofakh [expansion] the captain of the host.

¹⁹And when the servants of Hadad’ezer [mighty helps] saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , they made peace with David [beloved] , and became his servants: neither would the Aram [exalted] [Syrians] help the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] any more.