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Verse 2 Samuel 10:9. _BEFORE AND BEHIND_] It is probable that one of
the armies was in the _field_, and the other in the _city_, when Joab
arrived. When he fronted this army, the other appears to hav...
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The two armies of the Ammonites and the Syrians were drawn up facing
one another; the Ammonites supported by the city Rabbah behind them;
the Syrians in great force, with numerous chariots able to man...
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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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_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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Joab took advantage of the division of the enemy to attack them in
detail. Abishai kept the Ammonites in check while Joab crushed the
Syrians, and then the two brothers combined their forces and fell...
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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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WHEN JOAB SAW. — The keen eye of this experienced general at once
took in both the advantages and the danger of this disposition of the
enemy. He threw his whole force between their two divisions,
org...
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וַ יַּ֣רְא יֹואָ֗ב כִּֽי ־הָיְתָ֤ה
אֵלָיו֙ פּ
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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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WHEN JOAB SAW THAT THE FRONT OF THE BATTLE WAS AGAINST HIM BEFORE AND
BEHIND,.... Or "the face" of it w; armies appeared both before and
behind, about to attack him both in front and rear; the Targum...
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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
behind, he chose of all the choice [men] of Israel, and put [them] in
array against the Syrians:
Ver. 9. _He chose of all the cho...
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_The front of the battle_ Hebrew, _the face of the battle; was against
him before, and behind_ That is, they had divided their forces, the
Syrians appearing before him, and the Ammonites behind him. _...
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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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THE FIRST DEFEAT OF THE ENEMIES...
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When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and
behind, that he could be attacked by the Syrians in the front, by the
Ammonites in the rear, HE CHOSE OF ALL THE CHOICE MEN OF ISR...
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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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Which were the most valuable valiant and expert soldiers....
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2 Samuel 10:9 Joab H3097 saw H7200 (H8799) battle H4421 line H6440
before H6440 behind H268 chose H977 ...
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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...
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Joshua 8:21; Joshua 8:22; Judges 20:42; Judges 20:43...