Verse 2 Samuel 10:5. Tarry at Jericho] This city had not been rebuilt since the time of Joshua; but there were, no doubt, many cottages still remaining, and larger dwellings also, but the walls had not been repaired. As it must have been comparatively a private place, it was proper for these men to tarry in, as they would not be exposed to public notice.
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...
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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...
_Tarry at Jericho_ Jericho was on their direct way back to Jerusalem. David wished to spare them the mortification of returning to Jerusalem in such a ridiculous plight....
TARRY AT JERICHO— As Jericho had not been rebuilt since the day on which it was miraculously overthrown, the king humanely judged that his ambassadors would be glad to conceal themselves to more advan...
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._...
_WHEN THEY TOLD IT UNTO DAVID, HE SENT TO MEET THEM, BECAUSE THE MEN WERE GREATLY ASHAMED: AND THE KING SAID, TARRY AT JERICHO UNTIL YOUR BEARDS BE GROWN, AND THEN RETURN._ Tarry at Jericho - or in t...
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...
TARRY AT JERICHO. — In consideration for his mortified ambassadors, David directs them to remain at Jericho, which lay directly on their road. Jericho had been destroyed on the first entrance of the I...
וַ יַּגִּ֤דוּ לְ דָוִד֙ וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח לִ
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...
(5) When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. And how doth Jesus gracio...
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...
WHEN THEY TOLD [IT] UNTO DAVID,.... Not the ambassadors, for they were not yet arrived, but some of their servants, perhaps, they sent before them to acquaint David of the usage they had met with: HE...
When they told [it] unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and [then] return. Ver. 5. _When they told...
_Tarry at Jericho_ Which was the first place to which they came in the land of Canaan, and then a private village, where they might remain obscure till they were fit to appear in public. _Until your b...
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...
David's Servants Shamefully Treated...
When they told it unto David, when the news of this shameful treatment came to him, HE SENT TO MEET THEM, BECAUSE THE MEN WERE GREATLY ASHAMED, disgrace had been heaped upon them; AND THE KING SAID, T...
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...
HE SENT TO MEET THEM; he sent them clothes and other necessaries. TARRY AT JERICHO; both because this was one of the first places which they came to in Canaan; and because it was now a very obscure vi...
2 Samuel 10:5 told H5046 (H8686) David H1732 sent H7971 (H8799) meet H7125 (H8800) men H582 greatly...
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 19:5; 1 Kings 16:34; Joshua 6:24...