2 Samuel 10:1-19
THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA 2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WAR WITH AMMON AND SYRIA 2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CITY] i.e. their capital, Rabbah. The Ammonites probably were thinking of the severity with which David had treated the neighbouring Moabites (2 Samuel 8:2).... [ Continue Reading ]
Shaving the beard is the greatest insult that can be offered to an Oriental. The Arabs regard it as we should regard flogging or branding.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRED] cp. 1 Kings 15:18. BETH-REHOB] near Laish or Dan (Judges 18:28). KING MAACAH] RV 'the king of Maacah.' Maacah was a small Syrian kingdom on the border of eastern Manasseh. ISH-TOB] RV 'the men of Tob.' See on Judges 11:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME OUT] from Rabbah. _Were_ BY THEMSELVES] This implies distrust and disunion between the allies.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joab took advantage of the division of the enemy to attack them in detail. Abishai kept the Ammonites in check while Joab crushed the Syrians, and then the two brothers combined their forces and fell on the Ammonites.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO JOAB RETURNED] The great strength of Rabbah rendered it hopeless to attempt to carry it by assault, and so Joab rested his army during the winter: see on 2 Samuel 11:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RIVER] i.e. the Euphrates. HELAM] position unknown.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN] 1 Chronicles 19:18; 'forty thousand footmen.'... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE KINGS _that were_ SERVANTS TO HADAREZER] cp. 1 Kings 20:16.... [ Continue Reading ]