1 Chronicles 19:6
in 1 Chronicles 19When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
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ASV
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
KJV
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseChariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia - These are not mentioned in the parallel place in Samuel; probably they did not arrive till the Ammonites and their other allies were defeated by the Israelites in the first battle.
This site's exposition
sent a thousand talents of silver
on 1 Chronicles 19:6-7
Where Samuel names Beth-rehob, Zoba, Ishtob and the king of Maacah as the hired allies, Chronicles names Mesopotamia and Zobah and adds a detail Samuel does not carry at all, the price: a thousand talents of silver for thirty and two thousand chariots. Albert Barnes flags the chariot count itself as textually difficult, since no ancient army of the period fielded a force that size, and suspects a word for horsemen has dropped out beside it. The Chronicler's fondness for numbers and sums, seen again in the temple accounts later in this book, shows even in a war chapter borrowed from Samuel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But, instead of this, they prepared for war, and so brought upon themselves, by David's hand, those desolations which he never intended them. How the courage of brave men is heightened and invigorated by difficulties. When Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David--One universal feeling of indignation was roused throughout Israel, and all classes supported the king in his determination to avenge this unprovoked insult on the Hebrew nation.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
A thousand talents of silver - The price is not given in Samuel. On the practice of hiring troops about this time in western Asia, see 1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 7:6; 2Ch 25:6.
The words behind it
25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּרְאוּ֙ | vaiyiru | and they saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֔וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּ | hitbaashu | they had made themselves odious | H887 → | |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| דָּוִ֑יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| חָ֠נוּן | chanun | Hanun | H2586 → | 11 times |
| וּבְנֵ֨י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֜וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| אֶ֣לֶף | ʾelef | one thousand | H505 → | 505 times |
| כִּכַּר־ | kikar- | talent[s] of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| כֶּ֗סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר | liskor | to hire | H7936 → | |
| לָ֠הֶם | lahem | for themselves | ||
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אֲרַ֨ם | ʾaram | Aram | H763 → | |
| נַהֲרַ֜יִם | naharayim | Naharaim | H763 → | |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אֲרַ֤ם | ʾaram | Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| מַעֲכָה֙ | maakhah | Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| וּמִצּוֹבָ֔ה | umitzovah | and from Zobah | H6678 → | 12 times |
| רֶ֖כֶב | rekhev | chariotry | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ | ufarashim | and horsemen | H6571 → |
וַיִּרְאוּ֙and they saw
vaiyiruH7200 →1300 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֔וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
הִֽתְבָּאֲשׁ֖וּthey had made themselves odious
hitbaashuH887 →
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
דָּוִ֑ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
חָ֠נוּןHanun
chanunH2586 →11 times
וּבְנֵ֨יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֜וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
אֶ֣לֶףone thousand
ʾelefH505 →505 times
כִּכַּר־talent[s] of
kikar-H3603 →68 times
כֶּ֗סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
לִשְׂכֹּ֣רto hire
liskorH7936 →
לָ֠הֶםfor themselves
lahem
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
אֲרַ֨םAram
ʾaramH763 →
נַהֲרַ֜יִםNaharaim
naharayimH763 →
וּמִן־and from
umin-H4480 →1188 times
אֲרַ֤םAram
ʾaramH758 →143 times
מַעֲכָה֙Maacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
וּמִצּוֹבָ֔הand from Zobah
umitzovahH6678 →12 times
רֶ֖כֶבchariotry
rekhevH7393 →119 times
וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃and horsemen
ufarashimH6571 →
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
2 Samuel 10:6When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah…
it leads to
- Genesis 34:30
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 27:12
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 8:5
When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 8:3
David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
- Genesis 34:30
Through
Genesis 34:30Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:4
And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 105:12
When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,
- Joshua 7:25
“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
- Exodus 5:21
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill…
- 1 Samuel 13:4
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
