1 Chronicles 19:1-5
David's Messenger's Shamefully Treated... [ Continue Reading ]
David's Messenger's Shamefully Treated... [ Continue Reading ]
Now it came to pass after this, the exact time not being given, but supposedly soon after the wars just described, THAT NAHASH, THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON DIED, the same one who had been defeated by Saul, 1 Samuel 11, but had somehow lived in friendship with David, AND HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS... [ Continue Reading ]
And David said, either in his councilor in deliberating the matter with himself, I WILL SHOW KINDNESS UNTO HANUN, THE SON OF NAHASH, BECAUSE HIS FATHER SHOWED KINDNESS TO ME, at some time during David's exile, while Saul was seeking his life. AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS TO COMFORT HIM CONCERNING HIS F... [ Continue Reading ]
But the princes of the children of Ammon, the king's chief advisers, SAID TO HANUN, THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID DOTH HONOR THY FATHER, the emphasis being upon this honoring, the sincerity of which the courtiers questioned, THAT HE HATH SENT COMFORTERS UNTO THEE? ARE NOT HIS SERVANTS COME UNTO THEE FOR... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, although they were his personal representatives, AND SHAVED THEM, that is, the one side of their beard, a mocking disfigurement, 2 Samuel 10:4, AND CUT OFF THEIR GARMENTS IN THE MIDST HARD BY THEIR BUTTOCKS, AND SENT THEM AWAY, thus heaping one of the grossest... [ Continue Reading ]
Then there went certain and told David how the men were served, for they themselves were too deeply disgraced to appear in public. AND HE SENT TO MEET THEM; FOR THE MEN WERE GREATLY ASHAMED. AND THE KING SAID, TARRY AT JERICHO UNTIL YOUR BEARDS BE GROWN, Jericho being the first city on the west side... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, that they were a stench in his nostrils on account of their unprovoked treatment of his ambassadors, HANUN AND THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SENT A THOUSAND TALENTS OF SILVER (almost $2,000,000) TO HIRE THEM CHARIOTS AND HORSE... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFEAT OF THE AMMONITES... [ Continue Reading ]
So they, the representatives of the Ammonites, HIRED THIRTY AND TWO THOUSAND CHARIOTS, AND THE KING OF MAACHAH AND HIS PEOPLE, WHO CAME AND PITCHED BEFORE MEDEBA, a city of the tribe of Reuben, about nine miles southeast of Heshbon. The mercenary troops were such as could fight on horseback as well... [ Continue Reading ]
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men, the entire army of Israel's military forces.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: before their capital, Rabbah, the forts of the city thus serving to cover their rear. AND THE KINGS THAT WERE COME WERE BY THEMSELVES IN THE FIELD; the mercenaries did not effect a union with the army of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, the Ammonites facing him, and the Syrians threatening him from the rear, HE CHOSE OUT OF ALL THE CHOICE OF ISRAEL, from the number of the most valiant veterans, AND PUT THEM IN ARRAY AGAINST THE SYRIANS, the more numerous and... [ Continue Reading ]
And the rest of the people, the remainder of his army, HE DELIVERED UNTO THE HAND OF ABISHAI, HIS BROTHER, AND THEY SET THEMSELVES IN ARRAY, they arranged themselves in battle order, AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, the weaker foe.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee, thus arranging for mutual assistance.... [ Continue Reading ]
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, for very much depends upon the attitude of the leader in all great crises, AND FOR THE CITIES OF OUR GOD, which would have been in danger of capture and destruction in case the enemies had gained the victory; AND LET THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, his brother, and entered into the city, they took refuge behind the strong walls of their capital, Rabbah. THEN JOAB CAME TO JERUSALEM, reserving the capture of the Ammonite capital for a later season.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river, those from Mesopotamia proper, who had not come down for this campaign; AND SHOPHACH (or Shobach), THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF HADAREZER, WENT BEFORE THE... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYRIANS OVERTHROWN... [ Continue Reading ]
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, the entire military forces of his realm, AND PASSED OVER JORDAN, AND CAME UPON THEM, evidently as they were approaching to attack him, and set the battle in array against them. This was at Helam, 2 Samuel 10:16. SO WHEN DAVID HAD PUT THE BATTLE IN A... [ Continue Reading ]
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach, the captain of the host. In combining this account with that of 2 Samuel 10:18, we have the total list of those destroyed: 7,000 chariots, 7... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, that they were utterly defeated, having no chance to stand up before David's men, THEY MADE PEACE WITH DAVID AND BECAME HIS SERVANTS, tributary vassals once more; NEITHER WOULD THE SYRIANS HELP THE CHILDREN OF AMMO... [ Continue Reading ]