2 Samuel 10:15-19 NLT,NIV,ESV

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

The War with Ammon and Syria2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated. 3. 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).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.6. Hired] cp. 1 Kings 15:18-20. Beth-rehob] near Laish or Dan (Judges 18:28). King Maacah] RV ’the king of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:16

(16) 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 vassal tribes from beyond the Euphrates.They came to Helam.—The Hebrew word here is not necessarily a proper name, and might be translated their host; but as the name unquestionably occurs in 2 Samuel 10:17, it is better taken as a proper name here also. It is entirely omitted in Chronicles. Its... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:17

(17) He gathered . . . and passed.—David, hearing of the great Syrian rally, now took the field in person. Joab may have been with him, but more probably was employed at the south in holding the Ammonites in check and preventing their forming a junction with their confederates. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:18

(18) Seven hundred chariots.—In this campaign David delivered a crushing blow upon his foes, from which they did not recover during the rest of his reign or that of his son. For the seven hundred here 1 Chronicles 19:18 has seven thousand, which is almost an incredible number of chariots, and the number here is evidently the more correct; but the same place has forty thousand footmen, while here it is forty thousand horsemen. Probably both statements are meant to include both infantry and... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:19

(19) Servants to Hadarezer.—The vassal kings, who had been tributary to Hadarezer, now transferred their allegiance to David; but it is not said that Hadarezer himself became a tributary, though it is plain from 2 Samuel 8:3-7, that he was greatly weakened and suffered the loss of large booty. From 1 Kings 11:23-24, it is plain that an escaped dependent of Hadarezer maintained himself in the territory of Damascus as an enemy of Israel; it is also stated in 1 Kings 4:21, that Solomon “reigned... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Play the Man 2 Samuel 10:12 What is it to play the man? It is: I. To Take Things Seriously Of Louis XV of France it was said that, being wholly occupied with his amusements, he had not an hour in the day for important matters; while the best that could be said of our own King Charles II was that he was a 'merry monarch'. There was no true manhood there, to say nothing of royal dignity. II. Cheerful Courage. But along with this seriousness, this clear and frank recognition of things as they... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

CHAPTER XIII.DAVID AND HANUN.2 Samuel 10:1-19.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 so many foes had no occasion to be afraid of a people like the Ammonites. It could not have been from fear therefore that, when Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, David resolved to send a friendly message to his son. Not the least doubt can be thrown on the statement of the history that what moved... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

7. The War with Ammon and the Syrians CHAPTER 10 1. David and Hanun (2 Samuel 10:1-5 ) 2. Ammon and the Syrians smitten (2 Samuel 10:6-19 ) The chapter with the war against Ammon and the Syrians is the prelude to the great sin of David. While Joab is carrying on the siege of Rabbah, the last city of the Ammonites, David, no doubt flushed with the great victory and prosperity, remained in his house and committed his awful sin. The war with Ammon originated through the insults which Hanun... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered {f} all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.(f) Meaning, the greatest part. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 10:18

10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew [the men of] {g} seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.(g) Who were the chief and most principal: for in all he destroyed 7000, as in 1 Chronicles 19:18, or the soldiers who were in 700 chariots. read more

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:16

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:17

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:18

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 10:19

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 10:17

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 10:18

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