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Verse 2 Samuel 10:7. _ALL THE HOST OF THE MIGHTY_] All his _worthies_,
and the flower of his army....
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This sufficiently indicates the greatness of the danger to Israel from
this formidable league of Ammonites and Syrians....
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7. THE WAR WITH AMMON AND THE SYRIANS
CHAPTER 10
_ 1. David and Hanun (2 Samuel 10:1)_
2. Ammon and the Syrians smitten (2 Samuel 10:6)
The chapter with the war against Ammon and the Syrians is the...
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2 SAMUEL 10. WAR WITH THE AMMONITES AND THE SYRIANS (J).
2 Samuel 10:1. The king of Ammon insults David's ambassadors. [J. G.
Frazer (_Taboo and the Perils of the Soul,_ p. 273) connects Hanun's
acti...
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_all the host of the mighty men_ Lit. _all the host, the mighty men_.
Elsewhere "the mighty men" appear to be distinguished from the main
body of the army as a corps of picked warriors, (see note on c...
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Defeat of the Ammonites and their Syrian allies
6. _that they stank_ Lit. _that they had made themselves stink_: had
brought themselves into evil odour, or, made themselves odious.
Ancient history re...
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AND ALL THE HOST OF THE MIGHTY MEN— Which Houbigant renders _the
chosen strength of the army; the flower of the troops._ Some
understand thereby the worthies mentioned in the 23rd chapter. See
Schmidt...
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_David's Army Divided Into Two Companies._ 2 Samuel 10:6-19
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the
children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the
S...
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_AND WHEN DAVID HEARD OF IT, HE SENT JOAB, AND ALL THE HOST OF THE
MIGHTY MEN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA
2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated....
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 10
DAVID DEFEATS THE *AMMONITES
V1 Some time later, Nahash, the king of the *Ammonites, died. His son
Hanun became king. V2 David...
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וַ יִּשְׁמַ֖ע דָּוִ֑ד וַ יִּשְׁלַח֙
אֶת ־יֹוא
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CHAPTER XIII.
_ DAVID AND HANUN._
2 Samuel 10:1.
POWERFUL though David had proved himself in every direction in the art
of war, his heart was inclined to peace. A king who had been
victorious over s...
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THE PENALTY OF REJECTING KINDNESS
2 Samuel 10:1
A Jewish tradition tells us that Nahash, Hanun's father, had shown
kindness to David by sheltering one of his brothers, when the king of
Moab treachero...
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Here we have the record of victories over Ammon and Syria. So far as
David is concerned it is interesting in revealing the same spirit of
good will in David in his attempt to show kindness to Hanum, a...
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(7) And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men. (8) And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle
in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of...
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We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first
desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that,
although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
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Chapter 10, the details of which we pass over, sets before us the
general principle of the king's rule in Zion. When grace is despised
by those to whom it is manifested, the king's judgment follows.
O...
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AND WHEN DAVID HEARD OF [IT],.... Of the preparation made by the
Ammonites to fight with him:
HE SENT JOAB AND ALL THE HOST OF THE MIGHTY MEN: he sent out Joab his
general, and an army under his comm...
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And when David heard of [it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
Ver. 7. _He sent Joab._] As far as Medeba, a city in the borders of
Amnon, choosing rather to make that the seat of the...
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_He sent Joab and all the host_ He did not think it prudent to stay
till they assaulted him in his own country, but went and invaded
theirs. _And the children of Ammon came out_, &c. They drew up thei...
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1 Dauids messengers sent to comfort Hanun the sonne of Nahash, are
villenously intreated.
6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are ouercome by Ioab and
Abishai.
15 Shobach making a new supp...
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And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the
mighty men, literally, "the whole host, the mighty men," the veterans
of the many wars in which David had engaged....
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THE FIRST DEFEAT OF THE ENEMIES...
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The Ammonites were of the family of Lot (Genesis 19:36). We have seen
in 1 Samuel 2:1 that in Saul's day their king was called "Nahash,"
which means "serpent." It is thought likely that this was a fla...
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6-14 They that are at war with the Son of David, not only give the
provocation, but begin the war. God has forces to send against those
that set his wrath at defiance, Isaiah 5:19, which will convinc...
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Choosing wisely to carry the war into their country, rather than to
expect it in his own....
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2 Samuel 10:7 David H1732 heard H8085 (H8799) sent H7971 (H8799) Joab
H3097 army H6635 men H1368
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CONTENTS: The Ammonite-Syrian war.
CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Abishai, Hanun, Hadarezer, Shobach.
CONCLUSION: False men are ready to think all others as false as
themselves. There is nothing so well m...
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2 Samuel 10:4. _Shaved half their beard._ The critics make many
quotations from ancient authors, showing how high a value eastern
nations set on the hair of the head and beard; and even at the present...
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_I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father
showed kindness unto me._
DAVID AND HANUN
Powerful though David had proved himself in every direction in the art
of war, his heart wa...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 10:1 The Ammonite war is the background
for the events of chs. 2 Samuel 10:1. The war led to David’s
domination of the Syrian kingdoms (see...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 10:6 BETH-REHOB, ZOBAH, MAACAH, and TOB
were Syrian kingdoms in the northern Transjordan and Lebanon Valley.
Hiring a
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 10:2. “NAHASH.” This may be the same Nahash mentioned in
1 Samuel 11; but as this was probably forty years after the event
there recorded, it is more likely a s...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 10:1
THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON DIED. This war is very briefly
referred to in 2 Samuel 8:12; but we have now entered upon a
narrative, the interest of which is altogether u...
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It came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon
died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. And David, upon hearing
the death of the king, sent certain of his men [Emissaries, act...
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1 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Samuel 23:8...