Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Samuel 10:4
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.
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.
Verse 2 Samuel 10:4. _SHAVED OFF THE ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS_] The _beard_ is held in high respect in the East: the possessor considers it his greatest ornament; often swears by it; and, in matters...
In 1 Chronicles 19:4, more concisely “shaved.” Cutting off a person’s beard is regarded by the Arabs as an indignity equal to flogging and branding among ourselves. The loss of their long garments, so...
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...
_shaved off the one half of their beards_ Compare the story in Herodotus of the thief who made some guards drunk, and for an insult shaved their right cheeks (II. 121). No grosser insult could have be...
David's ambassadors insulted by the Ammonites 1. _And it came to pass after this_ On this formula of transition see note on ch. 2 Samuel 8:1. _the king of the children of Ammon_ Forty years at least...
WHEREFORE HANUM TOOK DAVID'S SERVANTS, &C.— The wearing of long beards and garments was then, as it still is, the fashion of the East, where they were deemed badges of honour; and, consequently, the c...
III. TROUBLE IN DAVID'S FAMILY, 2 Samuel 10:1 to 2 Samuel 14:33. 1. The War With Ammon, 2 Samuel 10:1-19. _David's Ambassadors Shamed._...
_WHEREFORE HANUN TOOK DAVID'S SERVANTS, AND SHAVED OFF THE ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS, AND CUT OFF THEIR GARMENTS IN THE MIDDLE, EVEN TO THEIR BUTTOCKS, AND SENT THEM AWAY._ Hanun ... shaved off the on...
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...
SHAVED OFF THE ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS. — According to Oriental ideas, the extremest insult which could have been inflicted. “Cutting off a person’s beard is regarded by the Arabs as an indignity qui...
וַ יִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת ־עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד וַ
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...
Away, having forced them as it were to go into mourning for the deceased king. These nations adopted the same customs as the Hebrews: they cut their hair, and rent their garments, to express their dee...
(3) And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servant...
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...
WHEREFORE HANUN TOOK DAVID'S SERVANTS,.... His ambassadors: AND SHAVED OFF ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS; that is, he ordered them to be shaved off; than which a greater indignity could not have been well...
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and sent them away. Ver. 4. Wherefore Hanun too...
_Hath not David sent to search the city?_ Nothing is so well meant, but it maybe ill interpreted; and is wont to be so by men who love none but themselves. _And shaved off the one half of their beards...
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...
Wherefore Hanun, listening to the counsel of his princes, especially as this implied a criticism of his carelessness, TOOK DAVID'S SERVANTS AND SHAVED OFF THE ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS, the one side, o...
David's Servants Shamefully Treated...
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...
1-5 Nahash had been an enemy to Israel, yet had showed kindness to David. David therefore resolves gratefully to return it. If a Pharisee gives alms in pride, though God will not reward it, yet he th...
SHAVED OFF THE ONE HALF OF THEIR BEARDS; partly that he might compel them to bear a part in their mourning, and that in such a way as was usual with them, but forbidden to the Israelites, LEVITICUS 19...
2 Samuel 10:4 Hanun H2586 took H3947 (H8799) Davids H1732 servants H5650 off H1548 (H8762) half H2677 beards...
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...
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 19:3; 1 Chronicles 19:4; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 20:4;...
Shaved — To fasten this is a reproach upon them, and to make them ridiculous and contemptible. Cut off, &c. — This was worse than the former, because the Israelites wore no breeches, and so their nake...