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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  1 Chronicles 19"
description: "Overview  1 Chronicles 19:1, David’s messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, the son of Nahash, are villainously treated; 1 Chronicles 19:6, The Ammonites, st"
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**Overview**
**** [1 Chronicles 19:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/1), David’s messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, the son of Nahash, are villainously treated; [1 Chronicles 19:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/6), The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai; [1 Chronicles 19:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/16), Shophach, making a new supply of the Syrians, is slain by David.

**Nahash:** [1 Samuel 11:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/1), [1 Samuel 11:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/2), [1 Samuel 12:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/12), [2 Samuel 10:1-3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/1-3)

**I will show:** [1 Samuel 30:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/26), [2 Samuel 9:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/1), [2 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/7), [2 Kings 4:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/13), [Esther 6:3](../../../kjv/esther/6/3), [Ecclesiastes 9:15](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/15)
**the children:** [Genesis 19:37](../../../kjv/genesis/19/37), [Genesis 19:38](../../../kjv/genesis/19/38), [Deuteronomy 23:3-6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/3-6), [Nehemiah 4:3](../../../kjv/nehemiah/4/3), [Nehemiah 4:7](../../../kjv/nehemiah/4/7), [Nehemiah 13:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/1)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 20:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/3) - And he

**but the princes:** [1 Samuel 29:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/29/4), [1 Samuel 29:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/29/9), [1 Kings 12:8-11](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/8-11)
**Thinkest thou that David:** Heb. In thine eyes doth David, [1 Corinthians 13:5-7](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/13/5-7)
**to search:** [Genesis 42:9-18](../../../kjv/genesis/42/9-18), [Joshua 2:1-3](../../../kjv/joshua/2/1-3), [Judges 1:23](../../../kjv/judges/1/23), [Judges 1:24](../../../kjv/judges/1/24), [Judges 18:2](../../../kjv/judges/18/2), [Judges 18:8-10](../../../kjv/judges/18/8-10)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 2:3](../../../kjv/joshua/2/3) - to search [2 Samuel 10:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/4) - and shaved

**took David's:** [Psalms 35:12](../../../kjv/psalms/35/12), [Psalms 109:4](../../../kjv/psalms/109/4), [Psalms 109:5](../../../kjv/psalms/109/5)
**shaved them:** [Leviticus 19:27](../../../kjv/leviticus/19/27), [Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2), [Jeremiah 41:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/41/5), [Jeremiah 48:37](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/37)
**and cut:** [Isaiah 20:4](../../../kjv/isaiah/20/4), [Isaiah 47:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/2), [Isaiah 47:3](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/3)
**sent them:** [2 Samuel 10:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/4), [2 Samuel 10:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/5), [2 Chronicles 36:16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/16), [Mark 12:4](../../../kjv/mark/12/4), [Luke 20:10](../../../kjv/luke/20/10), [Luke 20:11](../../../kjv/luke/20/11)

**and told David:** [Matthew 18:31](../../../kjv/matthew/18/31)
**at Jericho:** [Joshua 6:24-26](../../../kjv/joshua/6/24-26), [1 Kings 16:34](../../../kjv/1-kings/16/34)
**your beards:** [Judges 16:22](../../../kjv/judges/16/22)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/5) - Jericho

**had made:** [Luke 10:16](../../../kjv/luke/10/16), [1 Thessalonians 4:8](../../../kjv/1-thessalonians/4/8)
**odious:** Heb. to stink, [Genesis 34:30](../../../kjv/genesis/34/30), [Exodus 5:21](../../../kjv/exodus/5/21), [1 Samuel 13:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/4), [1 Samuel 27:12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/27/12), [Psalms 14:3](../../../kjv/psalms/14/3), *marg.
**a thousand:** [2 Chronicles 16:2](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/16/2), [2 Chronicles 16:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/16/3), [2 Chronicles 25:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/25/6), [2 Chronicles 27:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/27/5), [Psalms 46:9](../../../kjv/psalms/46/9)
**Syriamaachah:** [2 Samuel 10:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/6)
**Zobah:** [2 Chronicles 18:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/3), [2 Chronicles 18:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/5), [2 Chronicles 18:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/9), [1 Samuel 14:47](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/47), [2 Samuel 8:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/3), [1 Kings 11:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/23), [1 Kings 11:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/24)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 24:10](../../../kjv/genesis/24/10) - Mesopotamia [Acts 2:9](../../../kjv/acts/2/9) - Mesopotamia

**hired:** [1 Chronicles 18:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/4), [Exodus 14:9](../../../kjv/exodus/14/9), [Judges 4:3](../../../kjv/judges/4/3), [1 Samuel 13:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/5), [2 Chronicles 14:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/9), [Psalms 20:7-9](../../../kjv/psalms/20/7-9)
**thirty:** Thirty-two thousand soldiers, exclusive of the thousand sent by the king of Maachah, are mentioned in the parallel passage - [2 Samuel 10:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/6), but of chariots or cavalry there is no mention; and the number of chariots stated here is prodigious, and beyond all credibility. But as the word raichev denotes not only a chariot, but a rider (see [Isaiah 21:7](../../../kjv/isaiah/21/7)), it ought most probably to be rendered here, in a collective sense, cavalry; and then the number of troops will exactly agree with the passage in Samuel. It is probable that they were a kind of auxiliary troops who were usually mounted on horses, or in chariots, but who occasionally served as foot-soldiers.
**the king of Maachah:** This variation exists only in the translation, the original being the same in both places, melech maachah, "the king of Maachah." [2 Samuel 10:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/6), king Maachah
**Medeba:** [Numbers 21:30](../../../kjv/numbers/21/30), [Joshua 13:9](../../../kjv/joshua/13/9), [Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/8) - at the entering

**Joab:** [1 Chronicles 11:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/6), [1 Chronicles 11:10-47](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/10-47), [2 Samuel 23:8-39](../../../kjv/2-samuel/23/8-39)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/7) - all the host

**put the battle:** [1 Samuel 17:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/2), [2 Samuel 18:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/4), [2 Chronicles 13:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/3), [2 Chronicles 14:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/14/10), [Isaiah 28:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/28/6), [Jeremiah 50:42](../../../kjv/jeremiah/50/42), [Joel 2:5](../../../kjv/joel/2/5)
**the kings:** [2 Samuel 10:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/8), [1 Kings 20:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/1), [1 Kings 20:24](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/24)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/11) - *General* [1 Chronicles 19:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/11) - and they set [1 Chronicles 19:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/17) - and set

**when Joab:** [2 Samuel 10:9-14](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/9-14)
**battle:** Heb. face of the battle
**set against:** [Joshua 8:22](../../../kjv/joshua/8/22), [Judges 20:42](../../../kjv/judges/20/42), [Judges 20:43](../../../kjv/judges/20/43)
**choice:** or, young men
**Reciprocal:** [Psalms 118:11](../../../kjv/psalms/118/11) - *General*

**Abishai:** Heb. Abshai, [1 Chronicles 11:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/20), [1 Chronicles 18:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/12), The variation of אבישי [Strong's [H52](#sH52)], Abishai, and אבשי [Strong's [H52](#sH52)], Abshai, is simply caused by the elision of י, yood, which is by no means uncommon.
**and they set:** [1 Chronicles 19:9](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/9)

**If the Syrians:** [Nehemiah 4:20](../../../kjv/nehemiah/4/20), [Ecclesiastes 4:9-12](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/4/9-12), [Galatians 6:2](../../../kjv/galatians/6/2), [Philippians 1:27](../../../kjv/philippians/1/27), [Philippians 1:28](../../../kjv/philippians/1/28)

**of good:** [Deuteronomy 31:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/6), [Deuteronomy 31:7](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/7), [Joshua 1:7](../../../kjv/joshua/1/7), [Joshua 10:25](../../../kjv/joshua/10/25), [1 Samuel 4:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/4/9), [1 Samuel 14:6-12](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/6-12), [1 Samuel 17:32](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/32), [2 Samuel 10:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/12), [Ezra 10:4](../../../kjv/ezra/10/4), [Nehemiah 4:14](../../../kjv/nehemiah/4/14), [Psalms 27:14](../../../kjv/psalms/27/14), [1 Corinthians 16:13](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/16/13)
**let us behave:** etc. In Samuel, "let us play the men;" but the original is the same in both places, nithchazzak.
**let the Lord:** [Judges 10:15](../../../kjv/judges/10/15), [1 Samuel 3:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/18), [2 Samuel 15:26](../../../kjv/2-samuel/15/26), [2 Samuel 16:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/10), [2 Samuel 16:11](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/11), [Job 1:22](../../../kjv/job/1/22)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Chronicles 19:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/18) - fled before Israel [1 Chronicles 21:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/3) - The Lord [Nehemiah 2:18](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/18) - So they strengthened [Psalms 60:12](../../../kjv/psalms/60/12) - we shall

**they fled:** [1 Kings 20:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/13), [1 Kings 20:19-21](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/19-21), [1 Kings 20:28-30](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/28-30), [2 Chronicles 13:5-16](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/13/5-16), [Jeremiah 46:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/15), [Jeremiah 46:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/46/16)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/13) - they fled [1 Chronicles 19:18](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/18) - fled before Israel

**they likewise:** [Leviticus 26:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/7), [Romans 8:31](../../../kjv/romans/8/31)
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 10:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/13) - they fled

am 2968, bc 1036, An, Ex, Is, 455
**and drew:** [Psalms 2:1](../../../kjv/psalms/2/1), [Isaiah 8:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/8/9), [Micah 4:11](../../../kjv/micah/4/11), [Micah 4:12](../../../kjv/micah/4/12), [Zechariah 14:1-3](../../../kjv/zechariah/14/1-3)
**river:** that is, Euphrates
**Shophach:** This variation arises from the permutation of ב, baith, and פ, pay; being written in the parallel passage שובך [Strong's [H7731](#sH7731)], Shobach, and here שופך [Strong's [H7780](#sH7780)], Shophach [2 Samuel 10:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/16), Shobach.
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 11:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/23) - Hadadezer [Psalms 60:1](../../../kjv/psalms/60/1) - when he strove

**upon them:** Instead of alaihem, "upon them," it is in [2 Samuel 10:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/17) chelamah, "to Helam:" the one seems evidently to be a mistake for the other.
**and set:** [1 Chronicles 19:9](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/9), [Isaiah 22:6-7](../../../kjv/isaiah/22/6-7)

**fled before Israel:** [1 Chronicles 19:13-14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/19/13-14), [Psalms 18:32](../../../kjv/psalms/18/32), [Psalms 33:16](../../../kjv/psalms/33/16), [Psalms 46:11](../../../kjv/psalms/46/11)
**seven thousand:** In the parallel passage, "the men of seven hundred chariots;" which difference probably arose from mistaking ן, noon final, which stands for 700, for ז, zayin, with a dot above, which denotes 7,000, or vice versa: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other.
**footmen:** If these troops were as we have suppose, a kind of dismounted cavalry, the terms footmen and horsemen might be indifferently applied to them. [2 Samuel 10:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/18), horsemen

**the servants:** [Genesis 14:4](../../../kjv/genesis/14/4), [Genesis 14:5](../../../kjv/genesis/14/5), [Joshua 9:9-11](../../../kjv/joshua/9/9-11), [2 Samuel 10:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/10/19), [1 Kings 20:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/1), [1 Kings 20:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/20/12), [Psalms 18:39](../../../kjv/psalms/18/39), [Psalms 18:44](../../../kjv/psalms/18/44), [Isaiah 10:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/10/8)
**would:** [1 Chronicles 14:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/14/17), [Psalms 48:3-6](../../../kjv/psalms/48/3-6)
**Reciprocal:** [Ezra 4:20](../../../kjv/ezra/4/20) - toll

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