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2 Samuel 10:8 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 10 · verse 8
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.2 Samuel 10:8 · King James Version
2 Samuel 10:8 in context
6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
7And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- SyriansʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitantsH758 →
- battlemilchâmâha battleH4421 →
- IshtobʼÎysh-ṬôwbIsh-Tob, a place in PalestineH382 →
- MaacahMaʻăkâhMaakah , the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and…H4601 →
- 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