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Verse 2 Samuel 10:14. _THE SYRIANS WERE FLED_] They betook themselves
to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own
city....
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JOAB RETURNED - The great strength of Rabbah made it hopeless to take
it by assault, and the Syrians were not sufficiently broken 2 Samuel
10:15 to make it safe to undertake a regular siege....
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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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_then fled they also_ The rout of their allies left Joab free to help
Abishai, and the Ammonites retired at once within the walls of the
city.
_So Joab returned_ He did not attempt a siege, most like...
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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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_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 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SAW THAT THE SYRIANS WERE FLED, THEN
FLED THEY ALSO BEFORE ABISHAI, AND ENTERED INTO THE CITY. SO JOAB
RETURNED FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM._
So...
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THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA
2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated....
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SO JOAB RETURNED] The great strength of Rabbah rendered it hopeless to
attempt to carry it by assault, and so Joab rested his army during the
winter: see on 2 Samuel 11:1....
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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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CAME TO JERUSALEM. — Why the victory was not at once followed up it
is not said. Perhaps the army of Israel was too much exhausted by
their victory; perhaps they were unprovided with the necessaries f...
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וּ בְנֵ֨י עַמֹּ֤ון רָאוּ֙ כִּי ־נָ֣ס
אֲרָ֔ם
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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 THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SAW THAT THE SYRIANS WERE FLED,.... In
whom they put great confidence:
THEN THEY FLED ALSO BEFORE ABISHAI; without engaging at all with him,
as it seems:
AND ENTERED I...
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And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab
returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
Ver....
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_Joab drew nigh unto battle against the Syrians_ He acted very wisely
in assaulting the mercenary army first; for they that are _hired_ to
fight generally take great care to save themselves, having li...
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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 the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then
fled they also before Abishai, and entered in to the city, they
retired into their fortifications. SO JOAB RETURNED FROM THE CHILDRE...
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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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2 Samuel 10:14 people H1121 Ammon H5983 saw H7200 (H8804) Syrians H758
fleeing H5127 (H8804) fled H5127
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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 10:9 David’s army under Joab is trapped
between the Syrians and the Ammonites, but they defeat the Syrians and
force them to leave. HADADEZER of Zobah (see...
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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...