# written in the history of Samuel the prophet, ... and in the history of Gad the prophet

These are written accounts that no longer exist.

# Recorded there are the deeds

This can be stated in active form. AT: "There men wrote down the deeds" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# the deeds of his rule

"the things that happened while David was king"

# the events that affected him, Israel, and all the kingdoms of the other lands

"all the things that happened to him and to the people of Israel and in the kingdoms of other countries while he was ruling Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])