And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-ma'achah, and out of Zobah.
When the children of Amman saw that they ... odious to David. One universal feeling of indignation was renal throughout Israel, and all classes supported the king in his determination to avenge this unprovoked insult on the Hebrew nation.
Hanun ... sent a thousand talents of silver - a sum equal to 342,100 British pounds sterling; to procure the services of forego mercenaries.
Chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia ... Syria-maachah, and ... Zobah. The Mesopotamian troops did not arrive during this campaign (1 Chronicles 19:16). Syria-maachah lay on the north of the possessions of the trans-Jordanic Israelites, near Gilead. "Zobah" (see the note at 1 Chronicles 18:3).