1 Chronicles 19:1
David’s Campaign against the Ammonites
19:1 Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him.
1 Chronicles 4:12
4:12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash.
1 These were the men of Recah.
1 Chronicles 19:2
19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty
2 to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal
3 to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death.
4 When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy,
5
1 tn Or “of the city of Nahash.”
1 tn Heb “do loyalty.”
2 tn Heb “did loyalty.”
3 tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”
4 tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”