Our Papa Give David Victory For Everything
Summary of di places wey e conquer — Philistines, Moab, Zobah, Aram, Edom — with tribute dey flow enter and dem dey pack di bronze keep for temple wey David no go build. Di line wey matter, e show two times: our Papa give am victory anywhere e go, and e rule with justice.
18 1After dis one, David beat di Philistine people, e press dem down, and e collect Gath and di villages wey dey around am from di Philistine people hand. 2E beat Moab too, and di Moab people come dey under David, dey bring am tribute.
3David beat Hadadezer di king of Zobah, reach as far as Hamath, wen e dey go stretch im power reach di Euphrates River. 4David capture from am 1,000 chariot, 7,000 horse-rider, and 20,000 foot-soldier. E cut di leg-tendon of all di chariot horse, e only keep enough for one hundred chariot. 5Wen di Aram people of Damascus come help Hadadezer di king of Zobah, David kill 22,000 Aram people. 6David put soldier-camp for Aram-Damascus; di Aram people come be im servant, dey pay tribute. And our Papa give David victory anywhere e go. 7David collect di gold shield wey Hadadezer officer dem dey carry, and e bring dem come Jerusalem. 8From Tibhath and Cun, wey na Hadadezer city dem, David collect plenty plenty bronze; na wit am Solomon come make di bronze Sea, di pillar dem, and di bronze vessel dem.
9Wen Tou di king of Hamath hear say David don beat di whole army of Hadadezer di king of Zobah, 10e send im son Hadoram go meet King David, make e greet am and bless am for wetin e do, say e fight and beat Hadadezer, wey bin dey war wit Tou plenty times. Hadoram bring gold, silver, and bronze things of every kind. 11King David dedicate dis ones to our Papa, together wit di silver and gold wey e bin collect from all di nation dem: Edom, Moab, di Ammon people, di Philistine people, and Amalek.
12Abishai wey be Zeruiah pikin kill 18,000 Edom people for di Valley of Salt. 13David put soldier-camp for Edom; all di Edom people come dey under am, and our Papa give am victory anywhere e go.
David Rule Wit Justice And Correct-and-holy Way
14So David rule over all Israel, e dey do justice and correct-and-holy way for all im people. 15Joab wey be Zeruiah pikin dey lead di army; Jehoshaphat wey be Ahilud pikin na di one wey dey keep record; 16Zadok wey be Ahitub pikin and Ahimelech wey be Abiathar pikin na di priest dem; Shavsha na di secretary; 17Benaiah wey be Jehoiada pikin dey lead di Cherethite and Pelethite people; David pikin dem dey serve as di top officer dem for di king side. a a v17 Di Cherethite and Pelethite people na David special royal bodyguard, e fit be say na foreign soldier wey sabi di work well well.
