Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Samuel 10:1-19
The War with Ammon and Syria
2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated.
The War with Ammon and Syria
2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated.
CHAPTER X _The king of Ammon being dead, David sends ambassadors to_ _comfort his son Hanun_, by 2. _Hanun, misled by his courtiers, treats the messengers of David_ _with great indignity_, 3-5. T...
THE KING - In marginal reference. Nahash, king, etc. The interval between the two events, not less than 50 years, and possibly more, is against his being the same as the Nahash of 1 Samuel 11:1. The A...
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...
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...
CHILDREN. sons....
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...
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._...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS, THAT THE KING OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON DIED, AND HANUN HIS SON REIGNED IN HIS STEAD._ King of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead, х_ C...
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...
THE KING. — His name is given in the next verse and in 1 Chronicles 19:1, as Nahash. He was probably a son or grandson of the Nahash whom Saul conquered (1 Samuel 11), as more than fifty years must ha...
וַֽ יְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי ־כֵ֔ן וַ יָּ֕מָת מֶ֖לֶךְ
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...
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...
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...
(1) В¶ And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. (2) Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as h...
CONTENTS In following David's history, we are here again presented with the relation of war. David sent a friendly message to the king of the Ammonites; but he receiving it unfriendly, and treating t...
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...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS,.... After the wars with the Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, being friendly with the children of Ammon, David sent an embassy to their king, after related; by which it...
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 1. _The king of the children of Ammon died._] Death is the only king "against...
_The king of the children of Ammon died_ Who, it appears by the next verse, was Nahash, to whom Saul gave a very great defeat at Jabesh-Gilead, 1 Samuel 11....
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...
And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun, his son, reigned in his stead....
David's Servants Shamefully Treated...
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...
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...
2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 10 David sendeth messengers to comfort the king of the Ammonites: he abuseth them, 2 SAMUEL 10:1. The Ammonites and Syrians prepare to fight against the Israelites; and are overcome b...
2 Samuel 10:1 this H310 king H4428 people H1121 Ammon H5983 died H4191 (H8799) Hanun H2586 son H1121 reigned...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 19:1; 1 Samuel 11:1; Judges 10:7; Judges 11:12...