2. Samuel 8 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

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Davids sejre over nabofolkene

1 David besejrede efterhånden filistrene fuldstændigt og undertvang dem ved at indtage deres hovedstad. 2 Han besejrede også moabitterne. Han lod dem lægge sig ned i lange rækker, hvorefter han afmålte dem med en målesnor: To snorlængder blev slået ihjel, en snorlængde fik lov at leve. De overlevende blev Davids skattepligtige undersåtter. 3 Kong Hadadezer af Zoba, Rehobs søn, forsøgte at generobre sit gamle territorium syd for Eufratfloden,^[1] men David besejrede ham. 4 Ved den lejlighed erobrede David 1000 stridsvogne^[2] og tog 7000^[3] ryttere og 20.000 fodfolk til fange. Han skar haserne over på 90 procent af hestene. (1.Krøn 18,4) 5 Da aramæerne rykkede ud fra Damaskus for at hjælpe Hadadezer, huggede David 22.000 af dem ned. 6 I Damaskusområdet udstationerede han flere garnisoner og indlemmede aramæerne blandt sine skattepligtige undersåtter. Herren gav David sejr over alle hans fjender. 7 David beslaglagde alle de guldskjolde, som kong Hadadezers officerer havde brugt, og førte dem til Jerusalem 8 sammen med en stor ladning kobber fra byerne Teba og Berotaj. 9 Da kong Toi af Hamat^[4] hørte om Davids triumf over Hadadezers hær, 10 sendte han sin søn Joram af sted for at lykønske ham. Hadadezer og Toi var nemlig ærkefjender. Joram forærede David mange gaver af sølv, guld og bronze, 11-12 og David indviede dem til Herren sammen med det guld og sølv, han havde taget i krigsbytte fra edomitterne, moabitterne, ammonitterne, filistrene, amalekitterne og kong Hadadezers hær. 13 Således voksede Davids ry ude omkring. På hjemvejen fra kampene mod nord tilintetgjorde han 18.000 edomitter i Saltdalen, 14 hvorefter han etablerede en række garnisoner i Edom, så edomitterne kom under Davids herredømme. Således gav Herren David sejr, hvor som helst han kom frem.

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15 David var en retfærdig konge i Israel, der gav alle en fair behandling. 16 Joab var øverstbefalende for hæren; Joshafat, Ahiluds søn, var kongens øverste embedsmand med ansvar for arkiverne; 17 Zadok, Ahitubs søn, og Ahimelek, Ebjatars søn,^[5] var de ledende præster; Seraja var statssekretær; (1.Sam 22,20) 18 Benaja, Jojadas søn, var chef for livgarden; og Davids egne sønner havde ledende stillinger ved hoffet.

King James Version

1 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he smote Moab, 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 Moabites became David' servants, and brought gifts. 3 David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots , and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses , but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. 9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: 11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men . 14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David' servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. 16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; 18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David' sons were chief rulers.