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2 Samuel 10

2 Sam. 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Andd it came to pass after this
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
, that the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
of the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Ammon
`Ammown (Hebrew #5983)
tribal, i.e. inbred; Ammon, a son of Lot; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Ammon, Ammonites.
Pronounce: am-mone'
Origin: from 5971
died
muwth (Hebrew #4191)
causatively, to kill
KJV usage: X at all, X crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), X must needs, slay, X surely, X very suddenly, X in (no) wise.
Pronounce: mooth
Origin: a primitive root: to die (literally or figuratively)
, and Hanun
Chanuwn (Hebrew #2586)
favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites
KJV usage: Hanun.
Pronounce: khaw-noon'
Origin: from 2603
his son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
reigned
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
in his stead.
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1 Chron. 19:1• 1{i}And it came to pass after this that Nahash king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.{/i} (1 Chron. 19:1)

More on:

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Ammon; Ammonites; Children of Ammon,
Hanun,
Kings,
Son

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villanously treated.
6-14:  The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai.
15-19:  Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam, is slain by David.
AM 2967.
B.C. 1037.
An. Ex. Is. 454.
king.
Judg. 10:7‑9• 7{i}And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and he sold him into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon.{/i}
 8{i}And they oppressed and crushed the children of Israel in that year; eighteen years they oppressed all the children of Israel that were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.{/i}
 9{i}And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; and Israel was greatly distressed.{/i} (Judg. 10:7‑9)
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Judg. 11:12‑28• 12{i}And Jephthah{/i} 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?
 13And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
 14{i}And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,{/i}
 15{i}and said to him,{/i} Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.
 16When Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh,
 17then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
 18Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, {i}but came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon is the border of Moab.{/i}
 19And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
 20{i}But{/i} Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
 21And Jehovah God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
 22And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok. {i}and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.{/i}
 23{i}And now{/i} Jehovah God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
 24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
 25{i}And now{/i} art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
 26while Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years— {i}why did ye not recover them within that time?{/i}
 27{i}So I have not sinned against thee, but it is thou who doest me wrong in making war against me. Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon!{/i}
 28{i}But the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah that he had sent him.{/i} (Judg. 11:12‑28)
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1 Sam. 11:1‑3• 1{i}And Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-Gilead{/i}. And all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
 2{i}And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, On this condition will I treat with you, that I thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.{/i}
 3{i}And the elders of Jabesh said to him,{/i} Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. (1 Sam. 11:1‑3)
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1 Chron. 19:1‑3• 1{i}And it came to pass after this that Nahash king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.{/i}
 2{i}And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.{/i}
 3{i}And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?{/i} (1 Chron. 19:1‑3)
• David is no longer acting by faith in God’s service. When the time comes at which kings go forth to war, he stays at home at his ease, and sends others in his place to fight Jehovah’s battles. (“2 Samuel 11-13” by J.N. Darby)
• David's grace does not only address the Jewish remnant. In 2 Sam. 10 he extends it toward rebellious Gentiles. (“Hanun: 2 Samuel 10” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)