children. sons.
Ammon. Compare 1 Samuel 11:1.
ripped up, &c. Foretold in Hosea 13:16. 2Ki 8:12. 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 8:16.
that they might, &c. Compare Jeremiah 49:1 :14 Rabbah. Now 'Amman (on the highlands of Gilead), "the city of waters", twenty-five miles north of the Dead Sea. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1, and 2 Samuel 12:26; 2 Samuel 12:27; Jeremiah 49:2. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 3:10; Deuteronomy 3:11). App-92.
shouting. a great war-cry.
the day of battle: i.e. the day of their foe's tumultuous assault.