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Verse 2 Samuel 10:12. _BE OF GOOD COURAGE_] This is a very fine
military address, and is equal to any thing in ancient or modern
times. Ye fight _pro aris et focis_; for every good, sacred and civil;...
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FOR THE CITIES OF OUR GOD - This rather indicates that the relief of
Medeba was one of the immediate objects in view, and consequently that
at this time Medeba was still in the possession of the Reube...
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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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PLAY THE MEN. Be strong and let us put forth our strength. Hebrew.
_hozak._
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
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_Be of good courage, and let us play the men_ Lit. BE STRONG AND LET
US SHEW OURSELVES STRONG: the same words as those translated in 1
Chronicles 19:13 "Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves...
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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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BE OF GOOD COURAGE, &C.— There cannot be a more noble martial speech
than this. We may learn from it, how naturally great dangers inspire
sentiments of true religion, even in some who upon other occas...
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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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BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND LET US PLAY THE MEN. — Literally, _Be strong
and let us strengthen ourselves._ The same phrase is translated in
Chronicles, “Be of good courage and let us behave ourselves
vali...
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חֲזַ֤ק וְ נִתְחַזַּק֙ בְּעַד
־עַמֵּ֔נוּ וּ בְ
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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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_City, Jerusalem, the metropolis; or, all the cities of Israel.
(Paralipomenon)_...
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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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BE OF GOOD COURAGE, AND LET US PLAY THE MEN,.... This Joab said, not
only to encourage Abishai and himself, but in the hearing of the rest
of the officers of the army, and of many of the people, to he...
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Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Ver. 12. _Be of good courage, and let us play the men._] A brav...
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_Be of good courage_, &c. These words, it is likely, were not spoken
to Abishai alone, but to all the army by their officers, that they
might not be disheartened at the sight of such numerous forces a...
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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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Be of good courage, Abishai himself should be of a fearless temper of
mind, AND LET US PLAY THE MEN FOR OUR PEOPLE, true leaders in warlike
action, AND FOR THE CITIES OF OUR GOD, for the cities of Isr...
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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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FOR OUR PEOPLE; for the preservation of ourselves and all our brethren
from that utter ruin which our enemies design for us. Our war is not
vainly undertaken to enlarge our empire or glory, but for ou...
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2 Samuel 10:12 courage H2388 (H8798) strong H2388 (H8691) people H5971
cities H5892 God H430 LORD H3068 do...
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2 Samuel 10:12
From these words I draw four useful and practical lessons.
I. I learn a lesson of mutual helpfulness. "As occasion demands," says
Joab, "thou shalt help me and I will help thee." He wa...
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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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_Be of good courage and let us play the men _
OF COURAGE
In those words you have these two parts: the braveness of his
resolution: “Be of good courage and let us play the men.
” The humbleness of hi...
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_If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me._
PIOUS PATRIOTISM
I. Mutual helpfulness. As occasion demands, says Joab, you will help
me, or I will help you. Now, this is a word for u...
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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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PLAYING THE MAN
Let us play the men . 2 SAMUEL 10:12.
Joab, the commander-in-chief of David's army, found himself in a tight
corner. He had been sent by King David to lay siege to Rabbah, the
capita...
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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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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 10:12 LET US BE COURAGEOUS... AND MAY THE
LORD DO WHAT SEEMS GOOD TO HIM. Joab expresses both faith in God and a
resolve to fight with all his strength. Faith and human effor...
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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 Chronicles 19:13; 1 Corinthians 16:13; 1 Samuel 14:12; 1 Samuel
14:6;...