1 Chronicles 19:1

וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי ־ כֵן וַיָּמָת נָחָשׁ מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי ־ עַמּוֹן וַיִּמְלֹךְ בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִיד אֶֽעֱשֶׂה ־ חֶסֶד ׀ עִם ־ חָנוּן בֶּן ־ נָחָשׁ כִּֽי ־ עָשָׂה אָבִיו עִמִּי חֶסֶד וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִיד מַלְאָכִים לְנַחֲמוֹ עַל ־ אָבִיו וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי דָוִיד אֶל ־ אֶרֶץ בְּנֵי ־ עַמּוֹן אֶל ־ חָנוּן לְנַחֲמֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 11:1וַיַּעַל נָחָשׁ הָֽעַמּוֹנִי וַיִּחַן עַל ־ יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָּל ־ אַנְשֵׁי יָבֵישׁ אֶל ־ נָחָשׁ כְּרָת ־ לָנוּ בְרִית וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ ׃

2 Samuel 10:1וַֽיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵי ־ כֵן וַיָּמָת מֶלֶךְ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וַיִּמְלֹךְ חָנוּן בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו ׃

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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