1 Chronicles 19
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Septuagint (Greek Old Testament), second edition
1Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.
1ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα ἀπέθανε Ναὰς βασιλεὺς υἱῶν Ἀμμών, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀνὰν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ᾿ αὐτοῦ.
2And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
2καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ· ποιήσω ἔλεος μετὰ Ἀνὰν υἱοῦ Ναάς, ὡς ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ ἔλεος· καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους Δαυὶδ τοῦ παρακαλέσαι αὐτὸν περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἦλθον παῖδες Δαυὶδ εἰς γῆν υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν πρὸς Ἀνὰν τοῦ παρακαλέσαι αὐτόν.
3the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
3καὶ εἶπον ἄρχοντες υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν πρὸς Ἀνάν· μὴ δοξάζων Δαυὶδ τὸν πατέρα σου ἐναντίον σου ἀπέστειλέ σοι παρακαλοῦντας; οὐχὶ ὅπως ἐξερευνήσωσι τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῦ κατασκοπῆσαι τὴν γῆν ἦλθον παῖδες αὐτοῦ πρός σε;
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
4καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀνὰν τοὺς παῖδας Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐξύρησεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἀφεῖλε τῶν μανδυῶν αὐτῶν τὸ ἥμισυ ἕως τῆς ἀναβολῆς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν αὐτούς.
5When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
5καὶ ἦλθον ἀπαγγεῖλαι τῷ Δαυὶδ περὶ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς ἀπάντησιν αὐτοῖς, ὅτι ἦσαν ἠτιμωμένοι σφόδρα. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς· καθίσατε ἐν Ἱεριχὼ ἕως τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι τοὺς πώγωνας ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνακάμψατε.
6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
6καὶ εἶδον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν ὅτι ᾐσχύνθη λαὸς Δαυίδ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀνὰν καὶ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν χίλια τάλαντα ἀργυρίου τοῦ μισθώσασθαι ἑαυτοῖς ἐκ Συρίας Μεσοποταμίας καὶ ἐκ Συρίας Μοοχὰ καὶ παρὰ Σωβὰ ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς.
7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.
7καὶ ἐμισθώσαντο ἑαυτοῖς δύο καὶ τριάκοντα χιλιάδας ἁρμάτων καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Μοοχὰ καὶ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθον καὶ παρενέβαλον κατέναντι Μαιδαβά, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν συνήχθησαν ἐκ τῶν πόλεων αὐτῶν καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ πολεμῆσαι.
8On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
8καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυὶδ καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν Ἰωὰβ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν στρατιὰν τῶν δυνατῶν.
9The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
9καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν καὶ παρατάσσονται εἰς πόλεμον παρὰ τὸν πυλῶνα τῆς πόλεως, καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ ἐλθόντες παρενέβαλον καθ᾿ ἑαυτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ.
10When 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.
10καὶ εἶδεν Ἰωὰβ ὅτι γεγόνασιν ἀντιπρόσωποι τοῦ πολεμεῖν πρὸς αὐτὸν κατὰ πρόσωπον καὶ ἐξόπισθεν, καὶ ἐξελέξατο ἐκ παντὸς νεανίου ἐξ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐναντίον τοῦ Σύρου·
11And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
11καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἔδωκεν ἐν χειρὶ Ἀβεσσὰ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐξεναντίας υἱῶν Ἀμμών.
12“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.
12καὶ εἶπεν· ἐὰν κρατήσῃ ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ ὁ Σύρος, καὶ ἔσῃ μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν, καὶ ἐὰν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν κρατήσωσιν ὑπὲρ σέ, καὶ σώσω σε·
13Be 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.”
13ἀνδρίζου καὶ ἐνισχύσωμεν περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν πόλεων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ Κύριος τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ ποιήσει.
14So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
14καὶ παρετάξατο Ἰωὰβ καὶ ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ κατέναντι Σύρων εἰς πόλεμον, καὶ ἔφυγον ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν.
15When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
15καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν εἶδον ὅτι ἔφυγον οἱ Σύροι, καὶ ἔφυγον καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἀβεσσὰ καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰωὰβ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἦλθον εἰς τὴν πόλιν. καὶ ἦλθεν Ἰωὰβ εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
16When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, with Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
16καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Σύρος ὅτι ἐτροπώσατο αὐτὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἀγγέλους, καὶ ἐξήγαγον τὸν Σύρον ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ, καὶ Σωφὰ ἀρχιστράτηγος δυνάμεως Ἀδρααζὰρ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν.
17When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
17καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Δαυίδ, καὶ συνήγαγε τὸν πάντα Ἰσραὴλ καὶ διέβη τὸν Ἰορδάνην καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ᾿ αὐτοὺς καὶ παρετάξατο ἐπ᾿ αὐτούς, καὶ παρατάσσεται Σύρος ἐξεναντίας Δαυὶδ εἰς πόλεμον καὶ ἐπολέμησαν αὐτόν,
18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.
18καὶ ἔφυγε Σύρος ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἀπέκτεινε Δαυὶδ ἀπὸ τοῦ Σύρου ἑπτὰ χιλιάδας ἁρμάτων καὶ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδας πεζῶν καὶ τὸν Σωφὰ ἀρχιστράτηγον δυνάμεως ἀπέκτεινε.
19When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
19καὶ εἶδον παῖδες Ἀδρααζὰρ ὅτι ἐπταίκασιν ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἰσραήλ, καὶ διέθεντο μετὰ Δαυὶδ καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτῷ· καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε Σύρος τοῦ βοηθῆσαι τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἀμμὼν ἔτι.
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