CHAPTER XIX _David sends a congratulatory message to Hanun, king of Ammon,_ 1, 2. _He treats the messengers with great incivility_, 3, 4. _David is exasperated, but condoles with the degraded_ _messengers_, 5. _The Ammonites prepare for war, and hire_ thirty-two thousand _chariots, and besieg... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:4. _AND CUT OFF THEIR GARMENTS IN THE MIDST_] _Usque ad_ _eorum, pudenda_. So the _Targum, Jarchi_, and others; leaving exposed what nature and decency require to be concealed. See on 2 Samuel 10:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:6. _CHARIOTS AND HORSEMEN OUT OF MESOPOTAMIA_] These are not mentioned in the parallel place in _Samuel_; probably they did not arrive till the Ammonites and their other allies were defeated by the Israelites in the first battle.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:7. _THIRTY AND TWO THOUSAND_] The whole number mentioned in Samuel is, _Syrians_, of Beth-rehob, and of Zoba, _twenty thousand_; of King _Maacah, one thousand_; of _Ish-tob, twelve thousand_; in all _thirty-three thousand_. Of chariots or cavalry there is no mention. These coul... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:13. _BE OF GOOD COURAGE_] 2 Samuel 10:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:18. _FORTY THOUSAND FOOTMEN_] See this number accounted for in _Clarke's note on "_2 Samuel 10:18_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 19:19. _THEY MADE PEACE WITH DAVID, AND BECAME HIS SERVANTS_] See on 2 Samuel 10:19, and the concluding note in that place; and see for _omissions_ in Chronicles, the preface to these books.... [ Continue Reading ]