2 Samuel 10:1
in 2 Samuel 10Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The king - In marginal reference. Nahash, king, etc. The interval between the two events, not less than 50 years, and possibly more, is against his being the same as the Nahash of 1Sa 11:1-15. The Ammonites are almost always spoken of as the children of Ammon, from the name of their first ancestor Ben-ammi Gen 19:38. Hanun - The equivalent of the Carthaginian Hanno, from the same root as the Hebrew, Hananiah, Johanan, Hannah, etc. The same name appears in composition with Baal in Baal-Hanan, an Aramean king Gen 36:38-39.
This site's exposition
the king of the children of Ammon died
on 2 Samuel 10:1-2
Hanun succeeds his father Nahash, and David sends comfort for the kindness the two kings once shared, using the same word he used two chapters earlier when he sought out Mephibosheth to shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake. Wesley notes the earlier friendship recorded at 8:12 stands behind this embassy. One king's kindness is received as covenant loyalty in chapter 9; here it meets suspicion instead.
The record, by era
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְהִי֙ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אַֽחֲרֵי־ | ʾacharei- | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| כֵ֔ן | khen | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| וַיָּ֕מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| מֶ֖לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֑וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| חָנ֥וּן | chanun | Hanun | H2586 → | 11 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place his | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַֽיְהִי֙and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
אַֽחֲרֵי־after
ʾacharei-H310 →715 times
כֵ֔ןthus
khenH3651 →771 times
וַיָּ֕מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
מֶ֖לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֑וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he reigned
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
חָנ֥וּןHanun
chanunH2586 →11 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place his
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.