2 Samuel 10:1

Sometime after this, Nahash, the Ammonite king died and his son Hanun succeeded him.

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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.

In Context

2David said, “I will be kind to Hanun, son of Nahash, just as his father was kind to me.” So David sent representatives to take his condolences to Hanun regarding his father. But when they arrived in the country of the Ammonites,

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Cross References

Judges 10:7So the Lord became angry with Israel, and he sold them to the Philistines and the Ammonites.

1 Samuel 11:1Nahash the Ammonite came with his army and besieged Jabesh-gilead. All the people of Jabesh said to him, “Make a peace treaty with us, and we will be your subjects.”

1 Chronicles 19:1Some time later, Nahash, king of the Ammonites, died and his son succeeded him.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 10:1

This chapter gives us an account of a war David has with the Ammonites and the Syrians their allies, with the occasion and success of it. I. David sent a friendly embassy to Hanun king of the Ammonites, ver. 1, 2 . II. He, upon a base surmise that it was ill intended, abused David's ambassadors, ver. 3, 4 . III. David resenting it ( ver. 5 ), and the Ammonites prepared for war against him, ver. 6 . IV. David carried the war into their country, sent against them. Joab and Abishai, who addressed themselves to the… Read the whole commentary →

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