1.
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
Nahash: 1 Samuel 11:1, 1 Samuel 11:2, 1 Samuel 12:12, 2 Samuel 10:1-3
2.
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his fatthou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
I will show: 1 Samuel 30:26, 2 Samuel 9:1, 2 Samuel 9:7, 2 Kings 4:13, Esther 6:3, Ecclesiastes 9:15
the children: Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38, Deuteronomy 23:3-6, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 13:1
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 20:3 - And he
4.
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
took David's: Psalms 35:12, Psalms 109:4, Psalms 109:5
shaved them: Leviticus 19:27, Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 41:5, Jeremiah 48:37
and cut: Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 47:2, Isaiah 47:3
sent them: 2 Samuel 10:4, 2 Samuel 10:5, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Mark 12:4, Luke 20:10, Luke 20:11
5.
Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
and told David: Matthew 18:31
at Jericho: Joshua 6:24-26, 1 Kings 16:34
your beards: Judges 16:22
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:5 - Jericho
6.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
had made: Luke 10:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:8
odious: Heb. to stink, Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, 1 Samuel 13:4, 1 Samuel 27:12, Psalms 14:3, *marg.
a thousand: 2 Chronicles 16:2, 2 Chronicles 16:3, 2 Chronicles 25:6, 2 Chronicles 27:5, Psalms 46:9
Syriamaachah: 2 Samuel 10:6
Zobah: 2 Chronicles 18:3, 2 Chronicles 18:5, 2 Chronicles 18:9, 1 Samuel 14:47, 2 Samuel 8:3, 1 Kings 11:23, 1 Kings 11:24
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:10 - Mesopotamia Acts 2:9 - Mesopotamia
7.
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
hired: 1 Chronicles 18:4, Exodus 14:9, Judges 4:3, 1 Samuel 13:5, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 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, 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), 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, king Maachah
Medeba: Numbers 21:30, Joshua 13:9, Isaiah 15:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:8 - at the entering
7.
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
hired: 1 Chronicles 18:4, Exodus 14:9, Judges 4:3, 1 Samuel 13:5, 2 Chronicles 14:9, 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, 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), 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, king Maachah
Medeba: Numbers 21:30, Joshua 13:9, Isaiah 15:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:8 - at the entering
9.
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
put the battle: 1 Samuel 17:2, 2 Samuel 18:4, 2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 14:10, Isaiah 28:6, Jeremiah 50:42, Joel 2:5
the kings: 2 Samuel 10:8, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:24
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:11 - General 1 Chronicles 19:11 - and they set 1 Chronicles 19:17 - and set
10.
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
when Joab: 2 Samuel 10:9-14
battle: Heb. face of the battle
set against: Joshua 8:22, Judges 20:42, Judges 20:43
choice: or, young men
Reciprocal: Psalms 118:11 - General
11.
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Abishai: Heb. Abshai, 1 Chronicles 11:20, 1 Chronicles 18:12, The variation of אבישי [Strong's H52], Abishai, and אבשי [Strong's H52], Abshai, is simply caused by the elision of י, yood, which is by no means uncommon.
and they set: 1 Chronicles 19:9
12.
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
If the Syrians: Nehemiah 4:20, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, Galatians 6:2, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 1:28
13.
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
of good: Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:7, Joshua 1:7, Joshua 10:25, 1 Samuel 4:9, 1 Samuel 14:6-12, 1 Samuel 17:32, 2 Samuel 10:12, Ezra 10:4, Nehemiah 4:14, Psalms 27:14, 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, 1 Samuel 3:18, 2 Samuel 15:26, 2 Samuel 16:10, 2 Samuel 16:11, Job 1:22
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 19:18 - fled before Israel 1 Chronicles 21:3 - The Lord Nehemiah 2:18 - So they strengthened Psalms 60:12 - we shall
14.
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
they fled: 1 Kings 20:13, 1 Kings 20:19-21, 1 Kings 20:28-30, 2 Chronicles 13:5-16, Jeremiah 46:15, Jeremiah 46:16
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:13 - they fled 1 Chronicles 19:18 - fled before Israel
15.
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
they likewise: Leviticus 26:7, Romans 8:31
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:13 - they fled
16.
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
am 2968, bc 1036, An, Ex, Is, 455
and drew: Psalms 2:1, Isaiah 8:9, Micah 4:11, Micah 4:12, 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 שובך [Strong's H7731], Shobach, and here שופך [Strong's H7780], Shophach 2 Samuel 10:16, Shobach.
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 11:23 - Hadadezer Psalms 60:1 - when he strove
17.
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
upon them: Instead of alaihem, "upon them," it is in 2 Samuel 10:17 chelamah, "to Helam:" the one seems evidently to be a mistake for the other.
and set: 1 Chronicles 19:9, Isaiah 22:6-7
18.
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
fled before Israel: 1 Chronicles 19:13-14, Psalms 18:32, Psalms 33:16, 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, horsemen
19.
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
the servants: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 14:5, Joshua 9:9-11, 2 Samuel 10:19, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:12, Psalms 18:39, Psalms 18:44, Isaiah 10:8
would: 1 Chronicles 14:17, Psalms 48:3-6
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:20 - toll
19.
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
the servants: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 14:5, Joshua 9:9-11, 2 Samuel 10:19, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:12, Psalms 18:39, Psalms 18:44, Isaiah 10:8
would: 1 Chronicles 14:17, Psalms 48:3-6
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:20 - toll