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2 Samuel 10:14 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 10 · verse 14
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.2 Samuel 10:14 · King James Version
2 Samuel 10:14 in context
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.
14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
15And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
16And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- SyriansʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitantsH758 →
- AbishaiʼĂbîyshayAbishai, an IsraeliteH52 →
- enteredbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
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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