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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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_they fled before him_ "They that are hired to fight generally have a
great care to save themselves, having no regard to the cause for which
they fight." Patrick....
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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 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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AGAINST THE SYRIANS. — The attack was begun, not against both parts
of the foe at once, but Joab threw the weight of his forces against
the stronger division of the enemy while Abishai watched and hel...
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וַ יִּגַּ֣שׁ יֹואָ֗ב וְ הָ עָם֙
אֲשֶׁ֣ר
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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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CHAPTER X....
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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 JOAB DREW NIGH, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, UNTO THE BATTLE
AGAINST THE SYRIANS,.... Fell upon them; attacked them first, began
the battle with them; rightly judging, that if they, being hi...
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And Joab drew nigh, and the people that [were] with him, unto the
battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Ver. 13. _And they fled before him._] As not able to endure so fierce
an assaul...
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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 Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle
against the Syrians, in a quick and vigorous attack against their
well-disciplined forges; AND THEY FLED BEFORE HIM, their lines...
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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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He prudently falls upon them first, because they were but mercenaries,
and not concerned so much in the success as the Ammonites were, all
whose interest lay at stake; and therefore not likely to vent...
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2 Samuel 10:13 Joab H3097 people H5971 near H5066 (H8799) battle H4421
Syrians H758 fled H5127 (H8799) before...
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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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_And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him unto the
battle._
VICTORY
It is one thing, when men may either fight or fly, and another when
they must either fight or die. The Syrians in the...
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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...