¹And after this it came to pass, that David [beloved] struck the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and subdued them: and David [beloved] took Meteg-Amah [mother city] out of the hand of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] .

²And he struck Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , 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 Mo’avi [of his father] became David’s [beloved] ’s servants, [and] brought gifts.

³David [beloved] struck also Hadad’ezer [mighty’meaning disputed] , the son of Rechov [Broad Place] , king of Tzovah [station] , as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates (to break forth, to gush) .

⁴And David [beloved] took from him a thousand [chariots] , and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David [beloved] hamstringed all the chariot [horses] , but reserved of them [for] an hundred chariots.

⁵And when the Aram [Syrians] of Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] came to aid Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] king of Tzovah [station] , David [beloved] killed of the Aram [Syrians] two and twenty thousand men.

⁶Then David [beloved] put garrisons in Aram (Syria) [exalted] f Dammesek (Damascus) [silent is the sackcloth weaver] : and the Aram [Syrians] became servants to David [beloved] , [and] brought gifts. And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) preserved David [beloved] to wherever he went.

⁷And David [beloved] took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] , and brought them to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .

⁸And from Betach [security] , and from Berotai [cypress grove] , cities of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] , king David [beloved] took exceeding much brass.

⁹When To’i [wander] king of Hamat [Fortress] heard that David [beloved] had smitten all the host of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] ,

¹⁰Then To’i [wander] sent Yoram [Yehovah is exalted] his son unto king David [beloved] , to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] , and smitten him: for Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] had wars with To’i [wander] . And [Yoram [Yehovah is exalted]] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:

¹¹Which also king David [beloved] did dedicate unto the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;

¹²Of Aram (Syria) [exalted] , and of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , and of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] , and of the P’lishtim [Immigrants] , and of ‘Amalek [Dweller in a Valley] , and of the spoil (plunder; prey; booty) of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] , son of Rechov [Broad Place] , king of Tzovah [station] .

¹³And David [beloved] got [him] a name when he returned from attacking of the Aram [Syrians] in the valley of salt, [being] eighteen thousand [men] .

¹⁴And he put garrisons in Edom [Red] ; throughout all Edom [Red] put he garrisons, and all they of Edom [Red] became David’s [beloved] ’s servants. And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) preserved David [beloved] to wherever he went.

¹⁵And David [beloved] reigned over all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and David [beloved] executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

¹⁶And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] the son of Tz’ruyah [balsam] [was] over the host; and Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] the son of Achilud [child’s brother] [was] recorder;

¹⁷And Tzadok [righteous] the son of Achituv [my brother is good] , and Achi-Melekh [my brother is king] the son of Avyatar [my father is great] , [were] the priests; and S’rayah [Yehovah is ruler] [was] the scribe;

¹⁸And B’nayahu [Yehovah has built] the son of Y’hoyada [Yehovah knows] [was over] both the K’reti [executioners] and the P’leti [couriers] ; and David’s [beloved] ’s sons were chief rulers.