2 Samuel 10:2 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Samuel 10:2

The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated

1 It happened after this that the ^aking of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

2 Then David said, “I will show ^akindness to Hanun the son of ^bNahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the people of Ammon.

3 And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

4 Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, ^aat their buttocks, and sent them away.

5 When they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly¹ ashamed. And the king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”

6 When the people of Ammon saw that they ^ahad made themselves repulsive to David, the people of Ammon sent and hired ^bthe Syrians of ^cBeth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of ^dMaacah one thousand men, and from ^eIsh-Tob twelve thousand men.

7 Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of ^athe mighty men.

8 Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array at the entrance of the gate. And ^athe Syrians of Zoba, Beth Rehob, Ish-Tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

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American Standard Version
And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

Amplified® Bible
David said, I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did to me. So David sent his servants to console him for his father's death; and they came into the land of the Ammonites,

Contemporary English Version
David said, "Nahash was kind to me, and I will be kind to his son." So he sent some officials to the country of Ammon to tell Hanun how sorry he was that his father had died.

Darby English Version
And David said, I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

Good News Bible
King David said, "I must show loyal friendship to Hanun, as his father Nahash did to me." So David sent messengers to express his sympathy. When they arrived in Ammon,

King James Version
Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

New American Standard Bible
Then David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites,"

New International Version
David thought, "I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David's men came to the land of the Ammonites,

New King James Version
Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.”So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the people of Ammon.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites,

Revised Standard Version
And David said, "I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me." So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

Young's Literal Translation
and David saith, `I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and David sendeth to comfort him by the hand of his servants concerning his father, and the servants of David come in to the land of the Bene-Ammon.

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