2 Samuel 10:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. ”

2 Samuel 10:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The king - In marginal reference. Nahash, king, etc. The interval between the two events, not less than 50 years, and possibly more, is against his being the same as the Nahash of 1 Samuel 11:1-...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 10. War with the Ammonites and the Syrians (J). 2 Samuel 10:1-5 . The king of Ammon insults David's ambassadors. [J. G. Frazer ( Taboo and the Perils of the Soul, p. 273) connects Hanu...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons.
2 Samuel 10:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Samuel 10:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. King of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The War with Ammon and Syria 2. His father shewed kindness unto me] Occasion not stated.
2 Samuel 10:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The king. — His name is given in the next verse and in 1 Chronicles 19:1 , as Nahash. He was probably a son or grandson of the Nahash whom Saul conquered ( 1 Samuel 11 ), as more than fifty years...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII. DAVID AND HANUN. 2 Samuel 10:1-19 . POWERFUL though David had proved himself in every direction in the art of war, his heart was inclined to peace. A king who had been victorious...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Rejecting Kindness 2 Samuel 10:1-19 A Jewish tradition tells us that Nahash, Hanun's father, had shown kindness to David by sheltering one of his brothers, when the king of Moab...
2 Samuel 10:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of victories over Ammon and Syria. So far as David is concerned it is interesting in revealing the same spirit of good will in David in his attempt to show kindness to Hanum,...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In following David's history, we are here again presented with the relation of war. David sent a friendly message to the king of the Ammonites; but he receiving it unfriendly, and treating...
2 Samuel 10:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass after this ,.... After the wars with the Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, being friendly with the children of Ammon, David sent an embassy to their king, after related; by which...
2 Samuel 10:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 1. The king of the children of Ammon died. ] Death is the only king "again...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king of the children of Ammon died Who, it appears by the next verse, was Nahash, to whom Saul gave a very great defeat at Jabesh-Gilead, 1 Samuel 11 .
2 Samuel 10:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Ammonites were of the family of Lot ( Genesis 19:36-38 ). We have seen in 1 Samuel 2:1 that in Saul's day their king was called "Nahash," which means "serpent." It is thought likely that this w...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hanun's Usage of David's Servants. B. C. 1038. 1 And it came to pass after this, that th...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 10 David sendeth messengers to comfort the king of the Ammonites: he abuseth them, 2 Samuel 10:1-5 . The Ammonites and Syrians prepare to fight against the Israelites; and are o...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 10:2 . “Nahash.” This may be the same Nahash mentioned in 1 Samuel 11 ; but as this was probably forty years after the event there recorded, it is more...
2 Samuel 10:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 10:4 . Shaved half their beard. The critics make many quotations from ancient authors, showing how high a value eastern nations set on the hair of the head and beard; and even at the pres...
2 Samuel 10:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 10:1 The king of the children of Ammon died. This war is very briefly referred to in 2 Samuel 8:12 ; but we have now entered upon a narrative, the interest of which i...
2 Samuel 10:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun, his son, reigned in his stead.
2 Samuel 10:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 19:1-3 ; 1 Samuel 11:1-3 ; Judges 10:7-9 ; Judges 11:12-28

2 Samuel 10:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 10:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 10:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 10:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 10:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 10:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 10:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 10:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge