1 Chronicles 18:11

18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ¹  along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including ²  Edom, ³  Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.

1 Chronicles 19:2-3

19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ⁴  to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal ⁵  to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. ⁶  When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, ⁷  19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ⁸  No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” ⁹ 

1 Chronicles 19:7

19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.

1 Chronicles 19:19--20:1

19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, ¹⁰  Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down.

1 Chronicles 20:3

20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. ¹¹  This was his policy ¹²  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.

[18:11]  ¹ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

[18:11]  ² tn Heb “from.”

[18:11]  ³ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew mss along with the LXX and Syriac of 2 Sam 8:12 read “Edom” in agreement with 1 Chr 18:11 (cf. 2 Sam 8:14).

[19:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[19:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[19:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”

[19:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”

[19:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[19:3]  ⁸ tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.

[20:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”

[20:3]  ¹³ tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).

[20:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and so he would do.”