David Defeats the Ammonites
1In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. 2David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites, 3the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?” 4So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the buttocks, and sent them away.
5When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”
6When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth Rehob and Zobah, as well as the king of Maakah with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.
7On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men. 8The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.
9Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. 10He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. 11Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. 12Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”
13Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. 14When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. 16Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. 18But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.10:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew horsemen He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. 19When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them.
So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
ዳዊት አሞናውያንን ድል አደረገ
10፥1-19 ተጓ ምብ – 1ዜና 19፥1-19
1ከዚህ በኋላ የአሞናውያን ንጉሥ ሞተ፤ ልጁ ሐኖንም በእግሩ ተተክቶ ነገሠ። 2ዳዊትም፣ “አባቱ ቸርነትን እንዳደረገልኝ ሁሉ፣ እኔም ለናዖስ ልጅ ለሐኖን ወሮታውን ልክፈል” ሲል ዐሰበ። ስለዚህ ስለ አባቱ ሞት የተሰማውን ሐዘን እንዲገልጹለት ዳዊት መልክተኞችን ላከ።
የዳዊት ሰዎች ወደ አሞናውያን ምድር በደረሱ ጊዜ፣ 3የአሞናውያን መኳንንት ጌታቸውን ሐኖንን፣ “ዳዊት የተሰማውን ሐዘን ለመግለጽ ሰዎች መላኩ አባትህን ለማክበር አስቦ ይመስልሃል? የላካቸው ሰዎች ከተማዪቱን እንዲመረምሩ፣ እንዲሰልሉና እንዲያጠፏት አይደለምን?” አሉት። 4ስለዚህ ሐኖን የዳዊትን ሰዎች ይዞ፣ የእያንዳንዳቸውን ጢም በከፊል ላጨ፣ ልብሳቸውንም ወገባቸው ድረስ አሳጥሮ በመቍረጥ መልሶ ሰደዳቸው።
5ዳዊት ይህን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ ሰዎቹ እጅግ ዐፍረው ስለ ነበር መልክተኞቹን ላከባቸው፤ ንጉሡም፣ “ጢማችሁ እስኪያድግ በኢያሪኮ ቈዩና ከዚያ በኋላ ተመለሱ” አላቸው።
6አሞናውያን፣ ዳዊት እንደ ጠላቸው ባወቁ ጊዜ፣ ከቤትሮዖብና ከሱባ ሃያ ሺሕ ሶርያውያን እግረኛ ወታደሮችን እንዲሁም ንጉሥ መዓካን ከአንድ ሺሕ ሰዎቹ ጋር ደግሞም ከጦብ ዐሥራ ሁለት ሺሕ ሰዎች ቀጠሩ።
7ዳዊት ይህን ሲሰማ፣ ኢዮአብን ከመላው ተዋጊ ሰራዊት ጋር ላከው። 8አሞናውያን ወጥተው በከተማቸው መግቢያ በር ላይ ተሰለፉ፤ የሱባና የረአብ ሶርያውያን እንዲሁም የጦብና የመዓካ ሰዎች ለብቻ ሜዳው ላይ ተሰለፉ።
9ኢዮአብም ከፊትና ከኋላው ጦር እንደ ከበበው ባየ ጊዜ፣ በእስራኤል ጀግንነታቸው ከታወቀው ጥቂቶቹን መርጦ በሶርያውያን ግንባር አሰለፋቸው። 10የቀሩትን ሰዎች ደግሞ በወንድሙ በአቢሳ ሥር መድቦ በአሞናውያን ግንባር አሰለፋቸው።
11ኢዮአብም እንዲህ አለ፤ ሶርያውያን የሚያይሉብኝ ከሆነ አንተ መጥተህ ትረዳኛለህ፤ አሞናውያን የሚያይሉብህ ከሆነ እኔ መጥቼ እረዳሃለሁ። 12እንግዲህ በርታ፤ ለሕዝባችንና ለአምላካችን ከተሞች በጀግንነት እንዋጋ፤ እግዚአብሔርም በፊቱ መልካም መስሎ የታየውን ያድርግ።
13ከዚያም ኢዮአብና አብሮት የነበረው ሰራዊት ሶርያውያንን ለመውጋት ወደ ፊት ገሠገሠ፤ ሶርያውያንም ከፊቱ ሸሹ። 14ሶርያውያን መሸሻቸውን አሞናውያን ባዩ ጊዜ፣ እነርሱም ከአቢሳ ፊት ሸሽተው ወደ ከተማዪቱ ውስጥ ገቡ። ስለዚህም ኢዮአብ አሞናውያንን መውጋቱን አቁሞ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ተመለሰ።
15ሶርያውያን በእስራኤላውያን እንደ ተሸነፉ ባዩ ጊዜ፣ እንደ ገና ተሰባሰቡ። 16አድርአዛር መልክተኞችን ሰድዶ ከወንዙ10፥16 የኤፍራጥስ ወንዝ ነው። ማዶ ያሉትን ሶርያውያን አስመጣ፤ እነርሱም በአድርአዛር ሰራዊት አዛዥ በሶባክ መሪነት ወደ ኤላም ሄዱ።
17ዳዊት ይህን በሰማ ጊዜ፣ መላውን እስራኤልን ሰበሰበ፤ ከዚያም ዮርዳኖስን ተሻግሮ ወደ ዔላም ሄደ። ሶርያውያንም ለጦርነት ተሰልፈው ዳዊትን በግንባር ገጠሙት፤ 18ይሁን እንጂ ከእስራኤል ፊት ሸሹ፤ ዳዊትም ሰባት መቶ ሠረገለኞችንና አርባ ሺሕ እግረኛ ወታደሮች10፥18 የሰብዓ ሊቃናት ትርጕም እንዲሁም (1ዜና 19፥18 ይመ) ከዚህ ጋር ይስማማል፤ የዕብራይስጡ፣ ፈረሰኞች ይላል። ገደለባቸው። እንዲሁም የሰራዊታቸውን አዛዥ ሶባክን አቍስሎት ስለ ነበር፣ እዚያው ሞተ። 19በአድርአዛር ሥር የነበሩት ነገሥታት ሁሉ በእስራኤል መሸነፋቸውን ባዩ ጊዜ ከእስራኤላውያን ጋር ሰላም መሠረቱ፤ ተገዙላቸውም።
ስለዚህም ሶርያውያን ከዚያ በኋላ አሞናውያንን መርዳት ፈሩ።
