1 Chronicles 19:6

a thousand talents of silver A very large sum; for a hundred talents Amaziah hired a hundred thousand men (2 Chronicles 25:6).

chariots and horsemen The Israelite armies on the contrary consisted chiefly of infantry, the country being for the most part unsuitable for horses.

Mesopotamia Heb. "Aram (Syria) of the two rivers" (cp. Genesis 24:10, R.V. mg.) i.e. probably the land between the Euphrates and the Chaboras. The Greeks used the term Mesopotamiaof a wider district, i.e. of the country between the Euphrates and the Tigris. This mention of Mesopotamia is probably premature, for in 1 Chronicles 19:16 the summons of Syrians from beyond the Euphrates is spoken of as a new thing. The corresponding expression in 2 Samuel 10:6 is Beth-rehob, a district which has not yet been identified.

Syria-maachah R.V. Aram-maacah. Cp. 1 Chronicles 7:15, note; Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11.

Zobah Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:3 note.