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2 Samuel 10:11 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 10 · verse 11
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.2 Samuel 10:11 · King James Version
2 Samuel 10:11 in context
9When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
10And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
11And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
12Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
13And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- SyriansʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitantsH758 →
- strongchâzaqto fasten uponH2388 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- helpyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
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Here we have, I. The preparation which the Ammonites made for war, Sa2 10:6. They saw they had made themselves very odious to David and obnoxious to his just displeasure. This they might easily have foreseen when they abused his ambassadors, which was no other than a challenge to war, and a bold defiance of him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-14