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Text -- 2 Samuel 10:1-19 (NET)
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David and the Ammonites
10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him.
10:2 David said , “I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal to me .” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites ,
10:3 the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun , “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy ? No , David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!”
10:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard . He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, and then sent them away .
10:5 Messengers told David what had happened , so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated . The king said , “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown again; then you may come back .”
10:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, they sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah , in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob .
10:7 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.
10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate , while the men from Aram Zobah , Rehob , Ish-tob , and Maacah were by themselves in the field .
10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts , he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans .
10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites .
10:11 Joab said , “If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue . If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue .
10:12 Be strong ! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God ! The Lord will do what he decides is best !”
10:13 So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans , and they fled before him.
10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee , they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city . Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem .
10:15 When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel , they consolidated their forces .
10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River , and they came to Helam . Shobach , the general in command of Hadadezer’s army , led them.
10:17 When David was informed , he gathered all Israel , crossed the Jordan River , and came to Helam . The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.
10:18 The Arameans fled before Israel . David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers . He also struck down Shobach , the general in command of the army , who died there .
10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel , they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites .
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NET Notes -> 2Sa 10:1; 2Sa 10:2; 2Sa 10:2; 2Sa 10:2; 2Sa 10:3; 2Sa 10:3; 2Sa 10:4; 2Sa 10:5; 2Sa 10:5; 2Sa 10:5; 2Sa 10:6; 2Sa 10:6; 2Sa 10:6; 2Sa 10:6; 2Sa 10:7; 2Sa 10:9; 2Sa 10:10; 2Sa 10:10; 2Sa 10:11; 2Sa 10:11; 2Sa 10:11; 2Sa 10:12; 2Sa 10:13; 2Sa 10:14; 2Sa 10:14; 2Sa 10:15; 2Sa 10:16; 2Sa 10:16; 2Sa 10:16; 2Sa 10:17; 2Sa 10:18; 2Sa 10:19; 2Sa 10:19
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:2 Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:3 Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:6 Or perhaps “the men of Tob.” The ancient versions (the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate) understand the name to be “Ish-tob....
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:7 The words “the news” and “to meet them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:9 Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram....
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:14 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:17 The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Sa 10:18 Heb “horsemen” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT) but the Lucianic recension of the LXX reads “foot soldiers,” as does the paralle...
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