What does 2 Samuel 10:18 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen,d and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there."
Verse 2 Samuel 10:18. _SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS - AND FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN_] In the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 19:18, it is said, _David slew of the Syrians SEVEN THOUSAND men_, which fought in _c...
SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS - More probable than the “seven thousand” of 1 Chronicles 19:18. The frequent errors in numbers arise from the practice of expressing numerals by letters, with one or more dots...
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...
SEVEN HUNDRED.. 1Ch 19:187. 1 Chronicles 19. But Hebrew. =. and. = 7,000, probably. scribe's INFIRMITY. Compare 2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicles 18:4....
Renewed attack of the Syrians. Their total defeat 16. _And Hadarezer sent_, &c. The correct form of his name is probably _Hadadezer_. See note on ch. 2 Samuel 8:3. He now mustered his vassals and tri...
SLEW THE MEN OF SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS, &C.— Though this reading is the same in the Vulgate, LXX, and Chaldee, yet in the Syriac it is _seven hundred chariots, and four thousand horse:_ in the Arabic,...
_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...
_AND THE SYRIANS FLED BEFORE ISRAEL; AND DAVID SLEW THE MEN OF SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF THE SYRIANS, AND FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN, AND SMOTE SHOBACH THE CAPTAIN OF THEIR HOST, WHO DIED THERE._ SEVEN H...
THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA 2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated....
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 t...
SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS. — In this campaign David delivered a crushing blow upon his foes, from which they did not recover during the rest of his reign or that of his son. For the _seven hundred_ here...
וַ יָּ֣נָס אֲרָם֮ מִ פְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַ יַּהֲרֹ֨ג דָּוִ֜ד מֵ אֲרָ֗ם שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאֹות֙ רֶ֔כֶב...
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 treacher...
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...
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] (g) seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. (g...
_Hundred. Paralipomenon, thousand, allowing ten men for each chariot. (Du Hamel; Menochius) --- The men is omitted in both texts. See chap. viii. 4. (Haydock) --- Horsemen. Paralipomenon reads, footme...
(15) В¶ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. (16) And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came...
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 THE SYRIANS FLED BEFORE ISRAEL,.... After an obstinate and bloody fight between them: AND DAVID SLEW [THE MEN OF] SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS OF THE SYRIANS; the word "men" is rightly supplied, for ch...
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. Ver. 1...
_David passed over Jordan_ In this expedition David seems to have commanded his army in his own person. But, notwithstanding, the Syrians appear to have begun the fight. _David slew the men of seven h...
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...
THE FINAL DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANS...
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...
15-19 Here is a new attempt of the Syrians. Even the baffled cause will make head as long as there is any life in it; the enemies of the Son of David do so. But now the promise made to Abraham, Genesi...
THE MEN OF SEVEN HUNDRED CHARIOTS; Heb. _seven hundred chariots_, i.e. the men belonging to them, that fought in or with them; as plainly appears, 1. Because the men only, and not the chariots, were...
2 Samuel 10:18 Syrians H758 fled H5127 (H8799) before H6440 Israel H3478 David H1732 killed H2026 (H8799) seven H7651 hundred H3967 charioteers H7393 forty H705 thousand H505 horsemen H6571 Syrians H7...
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...
_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...
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 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 10:15). Unf...
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...
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 19:18; 2 Samuel 8:4; Judges 4:2; Judges 4:22; Judges 5:26; Psalms 18:38; Psalms 46:11...