1 Chronicles 19:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 19:1-5

Let us here observe, 1. That is becomes good people to be neighbourly, and especially to be grateful. David will pay respect to Hanun because he is his neighbour; and religion teaches us to be civil and obliging to all, to honour all men, and to be ready to do all offices of kindness to those we live among; nor must difference in religion be any obstruction to this. But, besides this, David remembered the kindness which his father showed to him. Those that have received kindness must return it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 19:1-19

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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 19:1

Now it came to pass - See the same history, 2 Samuel 10:1 ; (note), etc., and the notes there. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 19:1

EXPOSITION This chapter runs very closely parallel with 2 Samuel 10:1-19 ; a chapter also of nineteen verses. The slight differences between them avail to make one or the other narrative a little clearer or a little fuller. The time is only marked, as in the first verse of the preceding chapter, by the too general formula, "after this." Between the last verse of the preceding chapter and the first of this, we find interposed, in the Book of Samuel, the account of David's thoughts and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 19:1

Compare the marginal references and notes. The writer here adds one or two touches, and varies in one or two of the numbers. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 19:1-19

A.M. 2967. B.C. 1037. David’s friendly message to King Hanun, 1Ch 19:1 , 1 Chronicles 19:2 . Hanun’s base usage of his ambassadors, 1 Chronicles 19:3-5 . The Ammonites prepare for war, 1 Chronicles 19:6 , 1 Chronicles 19:7 . David overthrows them and the Syrians, 1 Chronicles 19:8-19 . 1 Chronicles 19:1. Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died Of the contents of this chapter, see the notes on 2 Samuel 10:0. 1 Chronicles 19:2. David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 19:1-19

David’s fame (18:1-22:1)Before speaking further of the temple, the writer lists a number of David’s victories in war. These records show how God was strengthening David’s kingdom according to his promise, but they show also why God would not allow David to build the temple. One who had caused so much bloodshed was not a suitable person to build the nation’s sacred place of worship (see 22:7-10).The writer records victories over miscellaneous enemies (18:1-17; see notes on 2 Samuel 8:1-18);... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 19:1

AMMONITES AND SYRIANS MAKE WAR AGAINST DAVID;DAVID'S MESSENGERS OF GOOD WILL INSULTEDAnd it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's messengers came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. But the princes of the children... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 19:1

1. after this—This phrase seems to indicate that the incident now to be related took place immediately, or soon after the wars described in the preceding chapter. But the chronological order is loosely observed, and the only just inference that can be drawn from the use of this phrase is, that some farther account is to be given of the wars against the Syrians. Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died—There had subsisted a very friendly relation between David and him, begun during the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 19:1-19

David’s Wars with-the Ammonites and the SyriansThis chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 10:1-19 with some differences in certain names, and a few additions.7. Thirty and two thousand chariots] The reading is probably corrupt: in 2 Samuel 10:6 it is ’thirty two thousand footmen,’ with a thousand more from Maachah (whose forces are not here numbered), no mention being made of chariots.18. Seven thousand.. chariots.. forty thousand footmen] 2 Samuel 10:18 has ’seven hundred chariots and forty thousand... read more

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