1 Chronicles 19:3
in 1 Chronicles 19the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
KJV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun
on 1 Chronicles 19:3-5
The princes' suspicion and the insult that follows track Samuel's account exactly. Hanun “shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away”, and a shorn beard was a mark of shame. Adam Clarke notes the Targum's plainer reading of what the cutting exposed.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
are not his servants come unto thee for to search?--that is, thy capital, Rabbah (2Sa 10:3). 4, 5. shaved them--not completely, but only the half of their face. This disrespect to the beard, and indecent exposure of their persons by their clothes being cut off from the girdle downwards, was the grossest indignity to which Jews, in common with all Orientals, could be subjected.
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The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שָׂרֵ֨י | sarei | [the] officials of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֜וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| לְחָנ֗וּן | lechanun | to Hanun | H2586 → | 11 times |
| הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד | hamkhabed | ¿ [is] honoring | H3513 → | 113 times |
| דָּוִ֤יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אָבִ֙יךָ֙ | ʾavikha | father your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ | beeineikha | in view your | H5869 → | 887 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שָׁלַ֥ח | shalach | he has sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לְךָ֖ | lekha | to you | ||
| מְנַחֲמִ֑ים | menachamim | comforters | H5162 → | 108 times |
| הֲלֹ֡א | halo' | ¿ not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| בַּ֠עֲבוּר | baavur | in order | H5668 → | 49 times |
| לַחְקֹ֨ר | lachkor | to explore | H2713 → | |
| וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ | velahafokh | and to overthrow | H2015 → | |
| וּלְרַגֵּל֙ | uleragel | and to spy out | H7270 → | |
| הָאָ֔רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בָּ֥אוּ | bau | have they come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עֲבָדָ֖יו | ʾavadav | servants his | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ פ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩and they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
שָׂרֵ֨י[the] officials of
sareiH8269 →421 times
בְנֵי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֜וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
לְחָנ֗וּןto Hanun
lechanunH2586 →11 times
הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד¿ [is] honoring
hamkhabedH3513 →113 times
דָּוִ֤ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אָבִ֙יךָ֙father your
ʾavikhaH1 →1212 times
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָin view your
beeineikhaH5869 →887 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שָׁלַ֥חhe has sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
לְךָ֖to you
lekha
מְנַחֲמִ֑יםcomforters
menachamimH5162 →108 times
הֲלֹ֡א¿ not
halo'H3808 →5168 times
בַּ֠עֲבוּרin order
baavurH5668 →49 times
לַחְקֹ֨רto explore
lachkorH2713 →
וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְand to overthrow
velahafokhH2015 →
וּלְרַגֵּל֙and to spy out
uleragelH7270 →
הָאָ֔רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
בָּ֥אוּhave they come
bauH935 →2568 times
עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his
ʾavadavH5650 →799 times
אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ פto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 29:9Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 14:17
And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God.…
- 2 Samuel 19:27
and he has slandered your servant to my lord the king. Yet my lord the king is like the angel of God, so do what is good in your eyes.
- 2 Samuel 14:20
Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”
- Galatians 4:14
And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus…
- 1 Samuel 29:4
But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us…
- 2 Samuel 14:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.