13AND MEPHIBOSHETH [WAS] DWELLING IN JERUSALEM FOR ON [THE] TABLE OF THE KING CONTINUALLY HE [WAS] EATING AND HE [WAS] LAME [THE] TWO FEET HIS 13So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.
1AND IT WAS AFTER THUS AND HE DIED [THE] KING OF [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND HE REIGNED HANUN SON HIS IN PLACE HIS David’s Messengers Disgraced (1 Chronicles 19:1–9) 1Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
2AND HE SAID DAVID I WILL DO COVENANT LOYALTY WITH HANUN [THE] SON OF NAHASH JUST AS HE DID FATHER HIS WITH ME COVENANT LOYALTY AND HE SENT DAVID TO COMFORT HIM BY [THE] HAND OF SERVANTS HIS CONCERNING FATHER HIS AND THEY CAME [THE] SERVANTS OF DAVID [THE] LAND OF [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON 2And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,
3AND THEY SAID [THE] LEADERS OF [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON TO HANUN LORD<S> THEIR ¿ HONORING [IS] DAVID <OBJ.> FATHER YOUR IN VIEW YOUR FOR HE HAS SENT TO <THE> YOU COMFORTERS ¿ NOT IN ORDER TO EXPLORE <OBJ.> THE CITY AND TO SPY ON IT AND TO OVERTHROW IT HAS HE SENT DAVID <OBJ.> SERVANTS HIS TO YOU 3the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
4AND HE TOOK HANUN <OBJ.> [THE] SERVANTS OF DAVID AND HE SHAVED <OBJ.> <THE> HALF OF BEARD THEIR AND HE CUT OFF <OBJ.> ROBES THEIR AT THE MIDDLE TO BUTTOCKS THEIR AND HE SENT AWAY THEM 4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
5AND PEOPLE TOLD TO DAVID AND HE SENT TO MEET THEM FOR THEY WERE THE MEN HUMILIATED VERY AND HE SAID THE KING REMAIN AT JERICHO UNTIL IT WILL GROW BACK BEARD YOUR AND YOU WILL RETURN 5When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
6AND THEY SAW [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON THAT THEY HAD MADE THEMSELVES ODIOUS WITH DAVID AND THEY SENT [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND THEY HIRED <OBJ.> ARAM BETH REHOB AND <OBJ.> ARAM ZOBAH TWENTY THOUSAND FOOT SOLDIER[S] AND <OBJ.> [THE] KING OF MAACAH ONE THOUSAND MAN AND [THE] MAN OF TOB TWO [PLUS] TEN THOUSAND MAN 6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
7AND HE HEARD DAVID AND HE SENT <OBJ.> JOAB AND <OBJ.> ALL THE ARMY THE WARRIORS 7On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
8AND THEY WENT OUT [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND THEY DEPLOYED BATTLE [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE GATE AND ARAM ZOBAH AND REHOB AND [THE] MAN OF TOB AND MAACAH TO ALONE THEM [WERE] IN THE OPEN COUNTRY 8The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
9AND HE SAW JOAB THAT IT WAS AGAINST HIM [THE] FACE OF THE BATTLE FROM BEFORE AND FROM BEHIND AND HE CHOSE SOME OF ALL [THE] CHOSEN [MEN] OF ISRAEL AND HE DEPLOYED [THEM] TO MEET ARAM David Defeats Ammon and Aram (1 Chronicles 19:10–19) 9When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
10AND <OBJ.> [THE] REST OF THE PEOPLE HE PUT IN [THE] HAND OF ABISHAI BROTHER HIS AND HE DEPLOYED [THEM] TO MEET [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON 10And he placed the rest of the troops under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
11AND HE SAID IF IT WILL BE [TOO] STRONG ARAM FOR ME AND YOU WILL BECOME OF ME <INTO> DELIVERANCE AND IF [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON THEY WILL BE [TOO] STRONG FOR YOU AND I WILL COME TO DELIVER <TO> <THE> YOU 11“If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
12BE STRONG SO WE MAY SHOW OURSELVES STRONG FOR PEOPLE OUR AND FOR [THE] CITIES OF GOD OUR AND YAHWEH HE WILL DO THE GOOD IN VIEW HIS 12Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
13AND HE DREW NEAR JOAB AND THE PEOPLE WHICH [WAS] WITH HIM FOR <THE> BATTLE IN ARAM AND THEY FLED FROM BEFORE HIM 13So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
14AND [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON THEY SAW THAT IT HAD FLED ARAM AND THEY FLED FROM BEFORE ABISHAI AND THEY WENT THE CITY AND HE RETURNED JOAB FROM ON [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON AND HE CAME JERUSALEM 14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15AND IT SAW ARAM THAT IT WAS DEFEATED <TO> BEFORE ISRAEL AND THEY GATHERED THEMSELVES TOGETHER 15When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
16AND HE SENT HADADEZER AND HE BROUGHT OUT <OBJ.> ARAM WHICH [WAS] FROM [THE] OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER AND THEY CAME HELAM AND SHOBACH [THE] COMMANDER OF [THE] ARMY OF HADADEZER [WAS] <TO> BEFORE THEM 16Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates,*NoteCloseHebrew the River and they came to Helam with Shobach*NoteCloseShobach is a variant of Shophach; see 1 Chronicles 19:16. the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17AND IT WAS TOLD TO DAVID AND HE GATHERED <OBJ.> ALL ISRAEL AND HE PASSED OVER <OBJ.> THE JORDAN AND HE CAME HELAM TOWARDS AND THEY DEPLOYED ARAM TO MEET DAVID AND THEY DID BATTLE WITH HIM 17When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
18AND IT FLED ARAM FROM BEFORE ISRAEL AND HE KILLED DAVID OF ARAM SEVEN HUNDRED<S> CHARIOTEER[S] AND FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN AND <OBJ.> SHOBACH [THE] COMMANDER OF ARMY ITS HE STRUCK DOWN AND HE DIED THERE 18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers.*NoteCloseSome LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 19:18); Hebrew horsemen He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
19AND THEY SAW ALL THE KINGS [THE] SERVANTS OF HADADEZER THAT THEY WERE DEFEATED <TO> BEFORE ISRAEL AND THEY MADE PEACE WITH ISRAEL AND THEY SERVED THEM AND THEY WERE AFRAID ARAM TO DELIVER AGAIN <OBJ.> [THE] PEOPLE OF AMMON 19When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.