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David Win Wars
(1 Records 18:1-13)
1 Bumbye, David an his army guys go afta da Filisha guys one mo time, an from den da Filisha guys no mo powa. He even take Meteg-Ammah town away from da Filisha guys too.
2 Den David attack da Moab guys, an win. He make dea army guys lay down on top da groun, an measure dem wit one rope. Fo ery three Moab guys, da Israel army guys kill two a da guys, an da odda guy, dey let dem stay alive. Da Moab peopo dat no mahke come slaves fo David, an dey gotta pay him plenny tax from dat time.
3 David attack Hadadezer, Rehob boy, da king fo da Zobah districk inside da Syria land. Befo time, Hadadezer wen take ova da land nea da Eufrates Riva too, but da peopo ova dea no like him. So Hadadezer gotta go back fo take um ova one mo time. An dass wen David guys jump um. 4 David grab 1,700 a da guys dat use horse fo fight, an 20,000 infantry guys, an make um his prisonas. His guys cut da back leg tendon fo all da horses dat pull war wagon fo dem no walk good. Ony one hundred horses dat pull war wagon, he let stay good.
5 Wen da Aram army guys from all aroun Damascus town come dea fo help Hadadezer, da king fo Zobah, David kill 22,000 a dem. 6 David put his army guys inside Damascus, da main town fo da Aram peopo, an da Aram peopo come slaves fo David. An dey gotta pay him plenny tax too from dat time. Da One In Charge help David guys fo win ery place dey go. 7 David take da gold shields from da leada guys fo Hadadezer army an bring um Jerusalem side. 8 An from Betak an Berotai, Hadadezer towns, King David take plenny bronze metal.
9-10 Toi, da king fo Hamat, stay fight Hadadezer long time awready. Wen Toi hear dat David wen win ova all da Hadadezer army, he sen his boy Joram wit silva, gold, an bronze stuffs fo King David. Joram aks David if eryting can stay good fo Toi an David. An Joram tell David “Az good!” cuz David wen win ova Hadadezer.
11 King David make all dese stuffs spesho fo Da One In Charge. He do da same ting wit all da silva an gold stuffs dat he take from all da odda peopos he take ova: 12 da Edom, Moab, Ammon, Filisha, an Amalek peopo. He make spesho fo Da One In Charge, all da stuffs he wen take from Hadadezer, Rehob boy, da king fo Zobah.
13 ✡ 8:13: Songs 60Wen David come back afta he win ova 18,000 Edom guys inside da Salt Valley, den erybody know bout David.
14 David put army guys all ova da Edom land. An all da Edom peopo come slaves fo David. Da One In Charge help David guys fo win, ery place dey go.
David Leada Guys
(1 Records 18:14-17)
15 David stay da king ova da Israel peopo. He judge da right way, an he do wat stay right fo all his peopo. 16 Joab (his muddah Zeruiah) stay in charge a da army. Jehoshafat, Ahilud boy, stay in charge a da records. 17 Zadok, Ahitub boy, an Ahimelek, Abiatar boy, dey da pries guys. Seraiah stay da offisho secretary. 18 Benaiah, Jehoiada boy, stay in charge a da bodyguard guys dat come from da Keret an Pelet peopos. An David boys, dey work wit him.