KJV ¹ And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

S21 ¹ L'année suivante, à l'époque où les rois partent en campagne, Joab alla, à la tête d'une forte armée, semer la dévastation dans le pays des Ammonites et faire le siège de Rabba. Quant à David, il resta à Jérusalem. Joab battit Rabba et la détruisit.

VULC ¹ Factum est autem post anni circulum, eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere, congregavit Joab exercitum, et robur militiæ, et vastavit terram filiorum Ammon : perrexitque et obsedit Rabba. Porro David manebat in Jerusalem, quando Joab percussit Rabba et destruxit eam.

KJV ² And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

S21 ² David retira la couronne de la tête de son roi et il constata qu'elle était faite d'une trentaine de kilos d'or et qu'elle était garnie de pierres précieuses. On la mit sur la tête de David, qui emporta de la ville un très grand butin.

VULC ² Tulit autem David coronam Melchom de capite ejus, et invenit in ea auri pondo talentum, et pretiosissimas gemmas, fecitque sibi inde diadema : manubias quoque urbis plurimas tulit ;

KJV ³ And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

S21 ³ Il déporta ses habitants et les affecta au maniement des scies, des pics de fer et des haches de fer. Il traita de la même manière toutes les villes des Ammonites. Puis David retourna à Jérusalem avec tout le peuple.

VULC ³ populum autem, qui erat in ea, eduxit, et fecit super eos tribulas, et trahas, et ferrata carpenta transire, ita ut dissecarentur et contererentur. Sic fecit David cunctis urbibus filiorum Ammon : et reversus est cum omni populo suo in Jerusalem.

KJV ⁴ And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

S21 ⁴ Après cela, il y eut une bataille contre les Philistins à Guézer. C'est alors que Sibbecaï le Hushatite tua Sippaï, l'un des descendants des Rephaïm, et que les Philistins furent humiliés.

VULC ⁴ Post hæc initum est bellum in Gazer adversum Philisthæos, in quo percussit Sobochai Husathites, Saphai de genere Raphaim, et humiliavit eos.

KJV ⁵ And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

S21 ⁵ Il y eut encore une bataille contre les Philistins. Elchanan, fils de Jaïr, y tua le frère de Goliath, Lachmi de Gath, qui avait une lance dont le bois avait la grosseur d'un cylindre de métier à tisser.

VULC ⁵ Aliud quoque bellum gestum est adversus Philisthæos, in quo percussit Adeodatus filius Saltus Bethlehemites fratrem Goliath Gethæi, cujus hastæ lignum erat quasi liciatorium texentium.

KJV ⁶ And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

S21 ⁶ Il y eut encore une bataille à Gath. Il s'y trouva un homme de haute taille, qui avait six doigts à chaque main et à chaque pied – 24 en tout – et qui était aussi un descendant de Rapha.

VULC ⁶ Sed et aliud bellum accidit in Geth, in quo fuit homo longissimus, senos habens digitos, id est, simul viginti quatuor : qui et ipse de Rapha fuerat stirpe generatus.

KJV ⁷ But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

S21 ⁷ Il lança un défi à Israël et Jonathan, fils de Shimea, le frère de David, le tua.

VULC ⁷ Hic blasphemavit Israël : et percussit eum Jonathan filius Samaa fratris David. Hi sunt filii Rapha in Geth, qui ceciderunt in manu David et servorum ejus.

KJV ⁸ These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

S21 ⁸ Ces hommes étaient des descendants de Rapha qui habitaient à Gath. Ils tombèrent sous les coups de David et de ses serviteurs.