cazdin 8 Likewiſe from || Tibhath, and from Chun, cities the Book of of Hadarezer, brought David very much braſs, where- Sam. Beta, with * Solomon made the brazen ſea, and the pillars,
_ Ber0- and the veſſels of braſs.
= « King's 6b For which 2 Sam. 8. '$. Betah and Berothai are mentioned.
"2 Ras Either thereforethey were the ſame places called by ſeveral names,
iy "be 4. 3s is uſual : Or they were four neighbouring places, our of all
I5 which the Braſs was taken, whereof two places having been named n there, and omitted here, and the other two places there omitted
are here rermembred. Te 9 Now when||Tou king of Hamath heard how David % > had ſmitten all the hoſt of Hadarezer king of Zobah : 01» vi 6 4 < Moms. 10 He ſent Hadoram his ſonto king David, || to en- 8. 9. quire of his welfare, and || ro congratulate him, becauſe
4 64g he had fought againſt Hadarezer, and ſmitten him, h - <piany ( for Hadarezer f had warred with Tou ) and with him zo /clure, all manner of veſſels of gold, and filver, and braſs. t hc. 11 Themalſo king David dedicated unto the LORD, _— with the t1ver and the gold chat he brought from all nu cage? theſe nations ; from Edom, and from Moab, and from Fars, the children of Ammon, and from the Philiſtines, and from Amalek. I2 Moreover, Abiſhai the ſon of Zerujah ſlew of the
Edomites in the valley offaic, eighteen thouſand.
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Chap. XIX 13 And he put gariſons in Edom, and all the Edo- mites became Davids ſervants. Thus the LORD preſer- ved David whitherſoever he went. » 14 So David reigned over all Ifrael, and executed judgment and juſtice among all his people. 15 And Joab the ſon of Zerujah as over the hoſts, and Jehoſhaphat the ſon of Ahilud, || recorder. | 0
16 And Zadok the ſon of Ahitub, and |] Abimelech A the ſon of Abiathar, were the prieſts, and || Shauſha #2,
was {cribe. : : Sam, 17 And Benajah the ſon of Jehojada was over the |* 17: ,
Cherethites,and the Pelethices : and the ſons of David .11;,,1,.;
were Chief f about the king. in Sam. Ca F XIX ey
Davids Meſſengers to Hanin are villanoully intreated, The Sam. x. and Ammonites and Syrians are overcome by Joab and Abiſhai, 6——1 5. By Shitha, David himſelf, 16 19. | I Tin Ow * it came to paſs after this, that Nahaſh the g. ;. * king of the chiidren of Ammon died a, and his t Heb. {on reigned in his ſtead. _ = vens a Of all the Contents of this Chapter ſee the notes on 2 Sam. ro, of the ik where we have tae ſame things, and almoſt the very ſame words. = 2 And David ſaid, I will ſhew kindneſs unto Hanun *' the ſon of Nahaſh, becauſe his father ſhewed kindneſs to me. And David ſent meſſengers to comfort him concerning his father : ſo the ſervants of David came
into the Jand of the children of Ammon, to Hanun, to
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comfort him.
3 Bur the princes of the children of Ammon ſaid to Hanun, 4 Thinkeſt thou that David doth honour thy + Heb. is facher that he hath ſent comforters untothee ? are not *hine yer hisfervants come unto thee for to ſearch, and to over. #2, throw, and to ſpie out the land.
4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids ſervants , and ſhaved them, and cut off their gartnents in the midſt hard by cheir butcocks, and ſent them away.
5 Lhen there went certain, and told David how the men were ſerved. And he ſent to meet them ( forthe men were greatly aſhamed ) and the king ſaid, tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6 And when the childrenof Ammon ſaw that they had made themſelves f odious to David, Hanun and the
: 3 Heb. children of Ammon ſent a thouſand talents of filver to ;, 2a, hire them chariots and horſemen out of Meſopotamia, and our of Syria-maacah, and out of Zobah.
7 50 they hired thirty and two thouſand chariots 6, and the king of Maachah and his people, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammor: gathered themſelves together from their cities, and came to battel.
b 7. e, 32000 Men fighting from or with Chariots, as that word is elſewhere uicd : of which ſee my Notes on 1 Sam. 13.5. And this Interpretation ſeems the more probable by comparing this place wath 2 Sam. 10,6. where thisarmy is ſaid to conſiſt of 20000 foormen, and 120c0 men of Jjhrob; which make up theſe 32000 men, who foughr partly from Chariots, and partly on foot with Chariots, or att-nding upon the Charior-, as the ancient manner of fighting was.
And heie v 6. this Army is made up of Chariots and Horſemen :
where, except the Chariots be underſtood of footmen, there were no footmen in the Army, which is unuſual and incredible.
8s And when David heard of it, he ſent Joab, and all the hoſt of the mighty wen.
9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battel in aray before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come, were by themſelves in the field.
io Now when Joab ſaw that | the battel was ſetagainſt + 1g, him, before and behind, he choſe out of all the ||choice ze faz f of Iſrae], and put them in aray againſt the Affſyrians. #h bit
1: And the reſt of the people he delivered unto the 1 Or yg hand of + Abiſhai his brother,and they ſer themſelves in ,yy. aray againſt the children of Ammon, + Heb.
12 And he ſaid, If the Syrians be too ſtrong for me, 4" then thou ſhalt help me . but if the children of Ammon be too ſtrong for thee, then T will help thee.
I3 Be of good courage, and let us behave our ſelves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and let the LORD do zhat which js good in his light.
14 So Joab and the people that were with him, drew nigh before the Syrians, unto the battel ; and they fled before him.
I5 And when the children of Ammon ſaw that the Syrians were fled, they likewiſe fled before Abiſhai his brother, and entred into the city. Then Joab came to Jeruſalem.
16 And when the Syrians ſaw that they were put to Tis the worſe before Iſrael, they ſent meſſengers and drew donor
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17 And it was told David,and he gathered all Iſrael, and paſſed over Jordan, and came upon them, and ſet the battel in aray againſt them, ſo when David had put the batcel in aray againſt the Syrians,they fought with
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