Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. APRÈS CELA. Cette phrase semble indiquer que l'incident qui doit être relaté a eu lieu immédiatement, ou peu après les guerres décrites dans le chapitre précédent. Mais l'ordre c... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND DAVID SAID, I WILL SHEW KINDNESS UNTO HANUN THE SON OF NAHASH, BECAUSE HIS FATHER SHEWED KINDNESS TO ME. AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS TO COMFORT HIM CONCERNING HIS FATHER. SO THE SERVANTS OF DAVID CAME INTO THE LAND OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON TO HANUN, TO COMFORT HIM._ No JFB commentary on this ver... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? SES SERVITEURS NE VIENNENT-ILS PAS VERS TOI POUR CHERCHER... [ Continuer la lecture ]
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. LES ONT RASÉS - pas complètement, mais seulement la moitié de leur visage. Ce manque de respect pour la barbe et l'exposition indécente de leurs personnes p... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_THEN THERE WENT CERTAIN, AND TOLD DAVID HOW THE MEN WERE SERVED. AND HE SENT TO MEET THEM: FOR THE MEN WERE GREATLY ASHAMED. AND THE KING SAID, TARRY AT JERICHO UNTIL YOUR BEARDS BE GROWN, AND THEN RETURN._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-ma'achah, and out of Zobah. QUAND LES ENFANTS D'AMMAN ONT VU QU'ILS ... ODIE... [ Continuer la lecture ]
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. ILS ONT LOUÉ TRENTE ET DEUX MILLE CHARS , [ rekeb (H7393) chars] - mais aussi... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. DAVID ... A ENVOYÉ JOAB ET TOUTE L'ARMÉE DES HOMMES PUISSANTS. Toutes les forces d'Israël, y compris les grands ordres militaires, étaient engagées dans cette guerre.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. ENFANTS D'AMMON ... MENEZ LA BATAILLE DEVANT LA PORTE DE LA VILLE - c'est-à-dire hors des murs de Medebah, une ville frontière sur le Arnon.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_NOW WHEN JOAB SAW THAT THE BATTLE WAS SET AGAINST HIM BEFORE AND BEHIND, HE CHOSE OUT OF ALL THE CHOICE OF ISRAEL, AND PUT THEM IN ARRAY AGAINST THE SYRIANS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. ET QUAND LES SYRIENS ONT VU QU'ILS ÉTAIENT MIS AU PIRE - (voir les notes à 2 Sa... [ Continuer la lecture ]
_AND IT WAS TOLD DAVID; AND HE GATHERED ALL ISRAEL, AND PASSED OVER JORDAN, AND CAME UPON THEM, AND SET THE BATTLE IN ARRAY AGAINST THEM. SO WHEN DAVID HAD PUT THE BATTLE IN ARRAY AGAINST THE SYRIANS, THEY FOUGHT WITH HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continuer la lecture ]
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. SEPT MILLE HOMMES - (cf. 2 Samuel 10:18, qui compte 7 000 chars.) Soit le texte en un des livres est corrompu (K... [ Continuer la lecture ]