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2 Samuel — Capítulo 10

The king of Ammon being dead, David sends ambassadors to comfort his son Hanun, Sa2 10:1, Sa2 10:2. Hanun, misled by his courtiers, treats the messengers of David with great indignity, Sa2 10:3-5. The Ammonites, justl…

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Texto — Reina-Valera 1960

1Después de esto, aconteció que murió el rey de los hijos de Amón, y reinó en lugar suyo Hanún su hijo.

2Y dijo David: Yo haré misericordia con Hanún hijo de Nahas, como su padre la hizo conmigo. Y envió David sus siervos para consolarlo por su padre. Mas llegados los siervos de David a la tierra de los hijos de Amón,

3los príncipes de los hijos de Amón dijeron a Hanún su señor: ¿Te parece que por honrar David a tu padre te ha enviado consoladores? ¿No ha enviado David sus siervos a ti para reconocer e inspeccionar la ciudad, para destruirla?

4Entonces Hanún tomó los siervos de David, les rapó la mitad de la barba, les cortó los vestidos por la mitad hasta las nalgas, y los despidió.

5Cuando se le hizo saber esto a David, envió a encontrarles, porque ellos estaban en extremo avergonzados; y el rey mandó que les dijeran: Quedaos en Jericó hasta que os vuelva a nacer la barba, y entonces volved.

6Y viendo los hijos de Amón que se habían hecho odiosos a David, enviaron los hijos de Amón y tomaron a sueldo a los sirios de Bet-rehob y a los sirios de Soba, veinte mil hombres de a pie, del rey de Maaca mil hombres, y de Is-tob doce mil hombres.

7Cuando David oyó esto, envió a Joab con todo el ejército de los valientes.

8Y saliendo los hijos de Amón, se pusieron en orden de batalla a la entrada de la puerta; pero los sirios de Soba, de Rehob, de Is-tob y de Maaca estaban aparte en el campo.

9Viendo, pues, Joab que se le presentaba la batalla de frente y a la retaguardia, entresacó de todos los escogidos de Israel, y se puso en orden de batalla contra los sirios.

10Entregó luego el resto del ejército en mano de Abisai su hermano, y lo alineó para encontrar a los amonitas.

11Y dijo: Si los sirios pudieren más que yo, tú me ayudarás; y si los hijos de Amón pudieren más que tú, yo te daré ayuda.

12Esfuérzate, y esforcémonos por nuestro pueblo, y por las ciudades de nuestro Dios; y haga Jehová lo que bien le pareciere.

13Y se acercó Joab, y el pueblo que con él estaba, para pelear contra los sirios; mas ellos huyeron delante de él.

14Entonces los hijos de Amón, viendo que los sirios habían huido, huyeron también ellos delante de Abisai, y se refugiaron en la ciudad. Se volvió, pues, Joab de luchar contra los hijos de Amón, y vino a Jerusalén.

15Pero los sirios, viendo que habían sido derrotados por Israel, se volvieron a reunir.

16Y envió Hadad-ezer e hizo salir a los sirios que estaban al otro lado del Éufrates, los cuales vinieron a Helam, llevando por jefe a Sobac, general del ejército de Hadad-ezer.

17Cuando fue dado aviso a David, reunió a todo Israel, y pasando el Jordán vino a Helam; y los sirios se pusieron en orden de batalla contra David y pelearon contra él.

18Mas los sirios huyeron delante de Israel; y David mató de los sirios a la gente de setecientos carros, y cuarenta mil hombres de a caballo; hirió también a Sobac general del ejército, quien murió allí.

19Viendo, pues, todos los reyes que ayudaban a Hadad-ezer, cómo habían sido derrotados delante de Israel, hicieron paz con Israel y le sirvieron; y de allí en adelante los sirios temieron ayudar más a los hijos de Amón.

ADAM CLARKE BIBLE COMMENTARY

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I. I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash - We do not know exactly the nature or extent o…

I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash - We do not know exactly the nature or extent of the obligation which David was under to the king of the Ammonites; but it is likely that the Nahash here mentioned was the same who had attacked Jabesh-gilead, and whom Saul defeated: as David had taken refuge with the Moabites, (Sa1 22:3), and this was contiguous to the king of the Ammonites, his hatred to Saul might induce him to show particular kindness to David.

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II. Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father - It has been a matter of just complaint through a…

Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father - It has been a matter of just complaint through all the history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts. Courtiers, especially, are suspicious of each other, and often mislead their sovereigns. They feel themselves to be insincere, and suspect others to be so too.

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III. Shaved off the one half of their beards - The beard is held in high respect in the East: the poss…

Shaved off the one half of their beards - The beard is held in high respect in the East: the possessor considers it his greatest ornament; often swears by it; and, in matters of great importance, pledges it. Nothing can be more secure than a pledge of this kind; its owner will redeem it at the hazard of his life. The beard was never cut off but in mourning, or as a sign of slavery. Cutting off half of the beard and the clothes rendered the men ridiculous, and made them look like slaves: what was done to these men was an accumulation of insult.

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IV. Tarry at Jericho - This city had not been rebuilt since the time of Joshua; but there were, no do…

Tarry at Jericho - This city had not been rebuilt since the time of Joshua; but there were, no doubt, many cottages still remaining, and larger dwellings also, but the walls had not been repaired. As it must have been comparatively a private place, it was proper for these men to tarry in, as they would not be exposed to public notice.

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V. The children of Ammon saw that they stank - That is, that their conduct rendered them abominable.…

The children of Ammon saw that they stank - That is, that their conduct rendered them abominable. This is the Hebrew mode of expressing such a feeling. See Gen 34:30. The Syrians of Bethrehob - This place was situated at the extremity of the valley between Libanus and Anti-libanus. The Syrians of Zoba were subject to Hadadezer. Maacah was in the vicinity of Mount Hermon, beyond Jordan, in the Trachonitis. Ish-tob - This was probably the same with Tob, to which Jephthah fled from the cruelty of his brethren. It was situated in the land of Gilead.

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VI. All the host of the mighty - All his worthies, and the flower of his army.

All the host of the mighty - All his worthies, and the flower of his army.

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VII. At the entering in of the gate - This was the city of Medeba, as we learn from Ch1 19:7.

At the entering in of the gate - This was the city of Medeba, as we learn from Ch1 19:7.

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VIII. Before and behind - It is probable that one of the armies was in the field, and the other in the …

Before and behind - It is probable that one of the armies was in the field, and the other in the city, when Joab arrived. When he fronted this army, the other appears to have issued from the city, and to have taken him in the rear; he was therefore obliged to divide his army as here mentioned; one part to face the Syrians commanded by himself, and the other to face the Ammonites commanded by his brother Abishai.

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IX. Be of good courage - This is a very fine military address, and is equal to any thing in ancient o…

Be of good courage - This is a very fine military address, and is equal to any thing in ancient or modern times. Ye fight pro aris et focis; for every good, sacred and civil; for God, for your families, and for your country.

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X. The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped…

The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own city.

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XI. The Syrians that were beyond the river - That is, the Euphrates.

The Syrians that were beyond the river - That is, the Euphrates. Hadarezer - This is the same that was overthrown by David, Sa2 8:3 and there called Hadadezer; which is the reading here of about thirty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. But the ר resh and ד daleth are easily interchanged.

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XII. David - gathered all Israel together - He thought that such a war required his own presence.

David - gathered all Israel together - He thought that such a war required his own presence.

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XIII. Seven Hundred chariots - and forty thousand Horsemen - In the parallel place, Ch1 19:18, it is sa…

Seven Hundred chariots - and forty thousand Horsemen - In the parallel place, Ch1 19:18, it is said, David slew of the Syrians Seven Thousand men, which fought in chariots. It is difficult to ascertain the right number in this and similar places. It is very probable that, in former times, the Jews expressed, as they often do now, their numbers, not by words at full length, but by numeral letters; and, as many of the letters bear a great similarity to each other, mistakes might easily creep in when the numeral letters came to be expressed by words at full length. This alone will account for the many mistakes which we find in the numbers in these books, and renders a mistake here very probable. The letter ז zain, with a dot above, stands for seven thousand, נ nun for seven hundred: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other, and so produce an error in this place.

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XIV. Made peace with Israel - They made this peace separately, and were obliged to pay tribute to the …

Made peace with Israel - They made this peace separately, and were obliged to pay tribute to the Israelites. Some copies of the Vulgate add here after the word Israel, Expaverunt et fugerunt quinquaginta et octo millia coram Israel; "and they were panic-struck, and fled fifty-eight thousand of them before Israel." This reading is nowhere else to be found. "Thus," observes Dr. Delaney, "the arms of David were blessed; and God accomplished the promises which he had made to Abraham, Gen 15:18, and renewed to Joshua, Jos 1:2, Jos 1:4." And thus, in the space of nineteen or twenty years, David had the good fortune to finish gloriously eight wars, all righteously undertaken, and all honourably terminated; viz. 1. The civil war with Ish-bosheth. 2. The war against the Jebusites. 3. The war against the Philistines and their allies. 4. The war against the Philistines alone. 5. The war against the Moabites. 6. The war against Hadadezer. 7. The war against the Idumeans. 8. The war against the Ammonites and Syrians. This last victory was soon followed by the complete conquest of the kingdom of the Ammonites, abandoned by their allies. What glory to the monarch of Israel, had not the splendor of this illustrious epoch been obscured by a complication of crimes, of which one could never have even suspected him capable! We have now done with the first part of this book, in which we find David great, glorious, and pious: we come to the second part, in which we shall have the pain to observe him fallen from God, and his horn defiled in the dust by crimes of the most flagitious nature. Let him that most assuredly standeth take heed lest he fall.

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