1 Chronicles 19:1

Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2When David heard about that, he thought to himself, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father had died. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:1About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army across the Jordan River, and they surrounded Jabesh city in the Gilead region. But all the men of Jabesh went and said to Nahash, “Make an agreement/treaty with us not to kill us, and then we will let you rule us.”

2 Samuel 10:1Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 19:1

The story is here repeated of David's war with the Ammonites and the Syrians their allies, and the victories he obtained over them, which we read just as it is here related, 2 Sam. x. Here is, I. David's civility to the king of Ammon, in sending an embassy of condolence to him on occasion of his father's death, ver. 1, 2 . II. His great incivility to David, in the base usage he gave to his ambassadors, ver. 3, 4 . III. David's just resentment of it, and the war which broke out thereupon, in which the Ammonites… Read the whole commentary →

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