Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 10:16
Helam - The place is unknown. Some prefer the translation of the Latin Vulgate: “their host came.”
Helam - The place is unknown. Some prefer the translation of the Latin Vulgate: “their host came.”
Verse 2 Samuel 10:16. _THE SYRIANS THAT_ WERE _BEYOND THE RIVER_] That is, the _Euphrates_. _HADAREZER_] This is the same that was overthrown by David, 2 Samuel 8:3 and there called Hadadezer; which...
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...
RIVER: i.e. the Euphrates. SHOBACH. Another name, _Shophach_ (1 Chronicles 19:16)....
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 trib...
THE SYRIANS THAT WERE BEYOND THE RIVER— _Beyond the river Euphrates. Hadarezer_ is the same with _Hadadezer,_ mentioned chap. 2 Samuel 8:3. Houbigant says, that he found it wrote _Hadadezer_ in five m...
_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...
_AND HADAREZER SENT, AND BROUGHT OUT THE SYRIANS THAT WERE BEYOND THE RIVER: AND THEY CAME TO HELAM; AND SHOBACH THE CAPTAIN OF THE HOST OF HADAREZER WENT BEFORE THEM._ Hadarezer sent, and brought ou...
10:16 river; (a-13) i.e. the Euphrates....
THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA 2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated....
THE RIVER] i.e. the Euphrates. HELAM] position unknown....
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...
HADAREZER. — On the form of the name see Note on 2 Samuel 8:3. He felt the importance of the defeat he had sustained, and now evidently made an effort to rally all his forces, even calling together va...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח הֲדַדְעֶ֗זֶר וַ יֹּצֵ֤א אֶת ־אֲ
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 treachero...
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...
(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 HADAREZER SENT,.... The same with Hadadezer, 2 Samuel 8:3, who was at the head of this confederacy, and to whom the rest of the kings of Syria were servants, 2 Samuel 10:19; AND BROUGHT OUT THE S...
And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that [were] beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them. Ver. 16. _And Hadarezar sent...
2 Sam. 10:16. Which armament is 7000 men, ten to a chariot, so this place is reconciled with 1 Chronicles 19:18 (see Pool on 1 Chr. 19:18)....
_They gathered themselves together_ Fearing David would fall upon them for assisting his enemies, they resolved to be beforehand with him, and therefore levied a new army to invade his territories. _A...
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...
And Hadarezer, the mightiest Syrian king, SENT, AND BROUGHT OUT THE SYRIANS THAT WERE BEYOND THE RIVER, in Mesopotamia: AND THEY CAME TO HELAM, in the neighborhood of Hamath: AND SHOBACH, THE CAPTAIN...
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, Genes...
HADAREZER; the same with _Hadadezer_, 2 SAMUEL 8:3. THE SYRIANS THAT WERE BEYOND THE RIVER; who having engaged themselves in the former expedition, as was noted before, were now obliged to proceed in...
2 Samuel 10:16 Hadadezer H1928 sent H7971 (H8799) out H3318 (H8686) Syrians H758 beyond H5676 River H5104 came...
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—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...
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...
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 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:5; 1 Chronicles 19:16; 2 Samuel 8:3...