1 Chronicles 19:2

Because his father showed kindness to me . The instance of kindness here alluded to is not recorded. There may have been many opportunities and calls for it during David's persecuted life, and when the Ammonite king would feel a motive beyond any intrinsic goodness of heart to "show kindness" to the youth who was Saul's object of hatred. It is, however, very remarkable that we find a genuine kindliness towards David still cleaving to the succession of Ammonite kings, even after the events of this chapter ( 2 Samuel 17:27-29 ). Hanna. Nothing else is known of this Hanun . Though here the name of an Ammonite king, we find it in Nehemiah 3:13 , Nehemiah 3:30 , the name of two of those who helped repair the city. The Assyrian Inscriptions contain the name as that of a Philistine king, tributary to Tiglath-pileser (see 'Speaker's Commentary').