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2 Samuel 10

2 Samuel 10:3

David’s Messengers Disgraced · 2 Samuel 10:1–8
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Translations

Modern
…the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
Traditional
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
Literal
And the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Is David honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent to you comforters? Is it not for the purpose of searching out the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it that David has sent his servants to you?”
Latin
…dixerunt principes filiorum Ammon ad Hanon dominum suum: Putas quod propter honorem patris tui miserit David ad te consolatores, et non ideo ut investigaret, et exploraret civitatem, et everteret eam, misit David servos suos ad te?

Original

Hebrew
English
…the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

Notes

2 Samuel 10:1–5

The king of Ammon insulted David’s ambassadors, which led to two battles between Israel and Ammon (2 Samuel 10:6–12:31).

2 Samuel 10:1–19

After the break in 2 Samuel 9, the story goes back to David's military successes. The Ammonites were likely the dominant political power in Transjordan (the area east of the Jordan) during Saul’s reign and the early years of David’s reign.

Theme notes and profiles

Abishai David Joab

Events

Parallels

1 Chronicles 19:1–9

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Hanun: An Ammonite king who mistreated David's envoys

Places

Ammon: An ancient nation and its capital city, enemies of Israel

Glossary

Beard David Gilead (Place) Hadadezer Hanun Kindness Kings, Books of First and Second Samuel, Books of First and Second

Topics

False Accusation: Incidents Illustrative of Against David by the Princes of Ammon Mortification: David's Ambassadors, Sent to Hanun Motive: Misunderstood: David's, by King Hanun Slander: Princes of Ammon The Ammonites: Ill-Treated David's Ambassadors Uncharitableness: Princes of Ammon Toward David, when he Sent Commissioners to Convey his Sympathy to Hanun