1 Chronicles 19:2
in 1 Chronicles 19And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So 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.
KJV
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Hanun - A Philistine king of this name is mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions as paying tribute to Tiglath-pileser and warring with Sargon.
This site's exposition
Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died
on 1 Chronicles 19:1-2
Nahash's death and David's embassy of comfort to Hanun repeat 2 Samuel 10:1-2 almost word for word, and the Samuel exposition already carries the history behind Nahash's earlier kindness to David. Chronicles keeps the episode because it explains the war that follows rather than to add anything of its own to it. Kindness offered becomes kindness suspected, and in the next verses suspicion becomes the cause of a war neither side needed.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
That is becomes good people to be neighbourly, and especially to be grateful. David will pay respect to Hanun because he is his neighbour; and religion teaches us to be civil and obliging to all, to honour all men, and to be ready to do all offices of kindness to those we live among; nor must difference in religion be any obstruction to this.
The words behind it
29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| דָּוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־ | ʾeeseh- | I will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| חֶ֣סֶד׀ | chesed | loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חָנ֣וּן | chanun | Hanun | H2586 → | 11 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נָחָ֗שׁ | nachash | Nahash | H5176 → | 10 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אָבִ֤יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| עִמִּי֙ | ʾimi | with me | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| חֶ֔סֶד | chesed | loyalty | H2617 → | 247 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| דָּוִ֛יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| מַלְאָכִ֖ים | malakhim | messengers | H4397 → | 213 times |
| לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ | lenachamo | to comfort him | H5162 → | 108 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אָבִ֑יו | ʾaviv | father his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| עַבְדֵ֨י | ʾavdei | [the] servants of | H5650 → | 799 times |
| דָוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֧רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֛וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| חָנ֖וּן | chanun | Hanun | H2586 → | 11 times |
| לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃ | lenachamo | to comfort him | H5162 → | 108 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
דָּוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־I will do
ʾeeseh-H6213 →2628 times
חֶ֣סֶד׀loyalty
chesedH2617 →247 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
חָנ֣וּןHanun
chanunH2586 →11 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נָחָ֗שׁNahash
nachashH5176 →10 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
עָשָׂ֨הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אָבִ֤יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
עִמִּי֙with me
ʾimiH5973 →1050 times
חֶ֔סֶדloyalty
chesedH2617 →247 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
דָּוִ֛ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
מַלְאָכִ֖יםmessengers
malakhimH4397 →213 times
לְנַחֲמ֣וֹto comfort him
lenachamoH5162 →108 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אָבִ֑יוfather his
ʾavivH1 →1212 times
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
עַבְדֵ֨י[the] servants of
ʾavdeiH5650 →799 times
דָוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֧רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
בְּנֵי־[the] people of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֛וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
חָנ֖וּןHanun
chanunH2586 →11 times
לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃to comfort him
lenachamoH5162 →108 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Nehemiah 4:7When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
it leads to
- Nehemiah 2:10
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 4:1
Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews
- Revelation 12:12–13
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short…
- Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the…
- Amos 1:13
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their…
- Nehemiah 2:10
Through
Nehemiah 4:3Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was beside him, said, “If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!”
it leads to
- Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
- 1 Kings 20:18
“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- Nehemiah 2:19
Through
1 Samuel 30:26When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 25:27
Now let this gift your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow you.
- 1 Samuel 25:27
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
