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2 Samuel 10:2

And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

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ASV

And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

KJV

Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-I will doH6213 →
חֶ֣סֶד׀Che.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
חָנ֣וּןcha.NunHanunH2586 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
נָחָ֗שׁna.ChashNahashH5176 →
כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ka.'a.Sherjust asH834 →
עָשָׂ֨ה'a.Sahhe didH6213 →
אָבִ֤יו'a.Vivfather hisH1 →
עִמָּדִי֙'i.ma.Diwith meH5978 →
חֶ֔סֶדChe.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617 →
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חvai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
דָּוִ֧דda.VidDavidH1732 →
לְנַחֲמ֛וֹle.na.cha.Moto comfort himH5162 →
בְּיַד־be.yad-by [the] hand ofH3027 →
עֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650 →
אֶל־'el-concerningH413 →
אָבִ֑יו'a.Vivfather hisH1 →
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uand they cameH935 →
עַבְדֵ֣י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650 →
דָוִ֔דda.VidDavidH1732 →
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776 →
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121 →
עַמּֽוֹן׃a.MonAmmonH5983 →

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1 Samuel 11:1Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”2 Samuel 2:6Now may the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness, and I will also show you the same favor because you have done this.Deuteronomy 23:3–6No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.Nehemiah 13:1–3At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,1 Samuel 22:3–4From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”Nehemiah 4:3–7Then 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!”Isaiah 39:1At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.2 Kings 20:12At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness.Jeremiah 37:2But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.John 11:19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

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