KJV King James Version
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
2 Samuel 10:1
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
WEB World English Bible
It happened after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 10
1 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 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed 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.
3 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?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַֽיְהִי֙H1961 · ha.yahto beאַֽחֲרֵי־H310 · a.charafterכֵ֔ןH3651 · kenrightוַיָּ֕מָתH4191 · mutto dieמֶ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childעַמּ֑וֹןH5983 · am.monAmmonוַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְH4427 · ma.lakhto reignחָנ֥וּןH2586 · cha.nunHanunבְּנ֖וֹH1121 · benson: childתַּחְתָּֽיו׃H8478 · ta.chatunderneath: under
Cross-references
1 Samuel 11:1-3Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.Judges 11:12-28And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?1 Chronicles 19:1-19Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.Judges 10:7-9And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
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