2 Samuel 10:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-5

Here is, I. The great respect David paid to his neighbour, the king of the Ammonites, 2 Sam. 10:1, 2. 1. The inducement to it was some kindness he had formerly received from Nahash the deceased king. He showed kindness to me, says David (2 Sam. 10:2), and therefore (having lately had satisfaction in showing kindness to Mephibosheth for his father's sake) he resolves to show kindness to his son, and to keep up a friendly correspondence with him. Thus the pleasure of doing one kind and generous... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1

And it came to pass after this ,.... After the wars with the Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, being friendly with the children of Ammon, David sent an embassy to their king, after related; by which it appears what is said concerning the spoils of the children of Ammon, 2 Samuel 8:12 , is by anticipation; for these spoils were not taken until the following war with them, the occasion of which is here told: that the king of the children of Ammon died ; whose name was Nahash, as is clear... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1

EXPOSITION 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 unlike all that has gone before. There we saw David crowned with earthly glory, and made the monarch of a vast empire; he is also a prophet, and, as such, not only restores, but enriches and enlarges, the worship of the sanctuary; and, as prophet and king, he becomes not only the type, but the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-4

( 1 Chronicles 19:1-4 ). ( RABBAH .) Requiting evil for good. The Ammonites appear to have remained quiet since their defeat by Saul, nearly half a century before ( 1 Samuel 11:1-15 .). Nahash their king (perhaps a son of the former Nahaeh) had rendered friendly service to David. But on the accession of Hanun, his son, the old hostility of the children of Ammon revived, and showed itself in a way that made conflict inevitable. To this the growing power of David and his recent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-5

Rejected friendliness. The facts are: 1 . On the death of the King of Ammon, David resolves to send a kindly message to Hanun, in remembrance of favours received from his father Nahash. 2 . On the arrival of David's servants, the chief men of Ammon suggest to the new king that their message of condolence is a piece of trickery on the part of David for political ends. 3 . Listening to these insinuations, Hanun shows his contempt for David by cutting off one side of the beard of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1

The king - In marginal reference. Nahash, king, etc. The interval between the two events, not less than 50 years, and possibly more, is against his being the same as the Nahash of 1 Samuel 11:1-15.The Ammonites are almost always spoken of as the children of Ammon, from the name of their first ancestor Ben-ammi Genesis 19:38.Hanun - The equivalent of the Carthaginian Hanno, from the same root as the Hebrew, Hananiah, Johanan, Hannah, etc. The same name appears in composition with Baal in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 10:1

2 Samuel 10:1. The king of the children of Ammon died Who, it appears by the next verse, was Nahash, to whom Saul gave a very great defeat at Jabesh-Gilead, 1 Samuel 11:0. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

Remembering former kindnesses (9:1-10:19)Although his power was now great, David did not forget his covenant with Jonathan. Unlike other kings, David would not destroy the family of the king whom he replaced (9:1; see 1 Samuel 20:12-17). David not only spared the life of Jonathan’s sole surviving son, the crippled Mephibosheth, but also restored to him Saul’s family property (2-8; cf. 4:4). David gave Mephibosheth the privilege of free access into the palace, and appointed one of Saul’s former... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 10:1

children = sons. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1

AMMONITES AND SYRIANS MAKE WAR AGAINST DAVIDSome scholars classify this chapter as belonging to the "Good Days" of David's reign, beginning the "Bad Days" with the following chapter; but Payne and Keil both identified this chapter as a record of the background occasion for David's adultery with Bathsheba and his murder of her husband Uriah before the walls of Rabbah. "The campaign against Rabbah not only gave David his opportunity for his adultery but provided the means by which he accomplished... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 10:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:1-19

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 10:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 10:1

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