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Verse 2 Samuel 10:3. _THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID DOTH HONOUR THY
FATHER_] It has been a matter of just complaint through all the
history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts.
Courtiers,...
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THE PRINCES ... - Compare Rehoboam’s advisers 1 Kings 12:10. It is
not improbable that David’s severe treatment of Moab 2 Samuel 8:2
was in part the cause of the fear of the Ammonites that a similar
t...
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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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THE CITY. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "the
land". Compare 1 Chronicles 19:3....
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_the princes of the children of Ammon_ The new king's counsellors were
as foolish as Rehoboam's advisers (1 Kings 12:10-11). Their unjust
suspicions of David's motives may have been excited by his rec...
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David's ambassadors insulted by the Ammonites
1. _And it came to pass after this_ On this formula of transition see
note on ch. 2 Samuel 8:1.
_the king of the children of Ammon_ Forty years at least...
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III. TROUBLE IN DAVID'S FAMILY, 2 Samuel 10:1 to 2 Samuel 14:33.
1. The War With Ammon, 2 Samuel 10:1-19.
_David's Ambassadors Shamed._...
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_AND THE PRINCES OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SAID UNTO HANUN THEIR LORD,
THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID DOTH_ _ AND THE PRINCES OF THE CHILDREN OF
AMMON SAID UNTO HANUN THEIR LORD, THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID DOT...
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THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA
2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated....
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THE CITY] i.e. their capital, Rabbah. The Ammonites probably were
thinking of the severity with which David had treated the neighbouring
Moabites (2 Samuel 8:2)....
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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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TO SEARCH THE CITY. — The capital, and almost the only city of the
Ammonites was Rabbah; it was strongly fortified, and a knowledge of
its interior would be important to an enemy. The suspicions of th...
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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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And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants...
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_It. Thus, by their insinuations, they pervert the good dispositions
of their prince, and by too much policy bring ruin on the nation.
(Haydock) --- History affords many examples of similar effects of...
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(3) And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their
lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath
sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servant...
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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 THE PRINCES OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON SAID TO HANUN THEIR LORD,....
His nobles and prime ministers, the courtiers that were about him:
THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID DOTH HONOUR THY FATHER, THAT HE HATH...
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And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent
comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants...
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_Hath not David sent to search the city?_ Nothing is so well meant,
but it maybe ill interpreted; and is wont to be so by men who love
none but themselves. _And shaved off the one half of their beards...
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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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David's Servants Shamefully Treated...
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And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun, their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, literally, "Is David
in thine eyes an honorer of thy father," THAT HE HATH SENT CO...
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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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THINKEST THOU THAT DAVID:
_ Heb._ In thine eyes doth David?...
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1-5 Nahash had been an enemy to Israel, yet had showed kindness to
David. David therefore resolves gratefully to return it. If a Pharisee
gives alms in pride, though God will not reward it, yet he th...
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To observe where the city is weakest, and may soonest be taken. The
ground of this suspicion was, partly, the conscience of their ill
deserts and carriage towards the Israelites, whose quarrel David h...
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2 Samuel 10:3 princes H8269 people H1121 Ammon H5983 said H559 (H8799)
Hanun H2586 lord H113 think H5869 David...
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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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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 Corinthians 13:5; 1 Corinthians 13:7; Genesis 42:16; Genesis 42:9...