2 Samuel 10 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

2 Samuel 10:1-19

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.

Chinese Contemporary Bible 2022 (Simplified)

撒母耳记下 10:1-19

以色列人战胜亚扪人

1后来,亚扪王死了,他儿子哈嫩继位。 2大卫说:“我要恩待拿辖的儿子哈嫩,就像他父亲曾经恩待我一样。”他便派臣仆去安慰丧父的哈嫩大卫的臣仆来到亚扪境内, 3亚扪的官长却对哈嫩说:“大卫派人来安慰你,你以为他是来吊唁你父亲吗?他派臣仆来见你,不过是要探听虚实,想摧毁这城。” 4哈嫩便把大卫的臣仆抓起来,剃去他们一半胡须,从臀部割去他们下半身的衣服,然后放走他们。 5消息传到大卫那里,他就派人去迎接他们,因为他们倍受羞辱。王告诉他们留在耶利哥,等胡须长好了再回来。

6亚扪人知道得罪了大卫,便派人到伯·利合琐巴招募了两万名亚兰步兵、玛迦王的一千人和一万二千名陀伯人。 7大卫听见消息后,就派约押率领全体勇士出战。 8亚扪人在城门前列阵,琐巴利合亚兰人、陀伯人以及玛迦人在郊野列阵。 9约押见自己腹背受敌,就从以色列军中挑选一些精兵列阵迎战亚兰人, 10把余下的军兵交给他的兄弟亚比筛带领,列阵迎战亚扪人。

11他对亚比筛说:“倘若我胜不过亚兰人,你便过来支援我;倘若你胜不过亚扪人,我便过去支援你。 12你要刚强,我们要为我们的人民和我们上帝的城邑奋勇作战。愿耶和华成全祂自己的旨意!”

13于是,约押率领军兵进攻亚兰人,亚兰人败逃。 14亚扪人见亚兰人败逃,便也从亚比筛面前逃回城去。约押就离开亚扪人,回师耶路撒冷

15亚兰人见自己败给以色列人,便再次聚集起来。 16哈大底谢派人把幼发拉底河那边的亚兰人调到希兰来,由他的将军朔法率领。 17大卫听到消息后,就召集以色列全军,渡过约旦河,来到希兰亚兰人列阵迎战大卫18结果又在以色列人面前败逃。大卫杀了七百名战车兵、四万骑兵,还杀了他们的将军朔法19哈大底谢属下的诸王见自己败给以色列人,便向以色列人求和,臣服于他们。从此,亚兰人不敢再支援亚扪人了。