2 Samuel 10:8
in 2 Samuel 10The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
KJV
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 10
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Came out - From their city, Rabbah Deu 3:11, Deu 3:15 or 20 miles from Medeba, where 1Ch 19:7 the Syrian army was encamped. Medeba (modern Madeba) was taken from Sihon Num 21:30, and fell to Reuben Jos 13:9, Jos 13:16; in the reign of Ahaz it seems to have returned to Moab Isa 15:2, and in the time of the Maccabees to the Amorites (1 Macc. 9:36, 37). In church history it was a bishop’s see. In the field - i. e. in the plain below the round rocky hill on which the city stood.
This site's exposition
he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men
on 2 Samuel 10:7-8
David answers with the whole standing army rather than more diplomacy, sending Joab and all the host of the mighty men south toward Rabbah. Ammon draws up at the entrance of the city while the hired Syrians take the open field apart from them, and Joab arrives to find one army in front of him and another beside it. Barnes locates the Syrian camp near Medeba, some twenty miles off, which shows how far the war had already spread before a blow fell.
This site's exposition
at the entrance of the city gate
Clarke takes the city here as Medeba, from 1 Chronicles 19:7. Barnes says Medeba passed from Sihon to Reuben, and he places the open country on the plain below the hill of the city, where the Arameans stood by themselves.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Joab, like a wise general, was soon aware of the design, and accordingly divided his forces: the choicest men he took under his own command, to fight the Syrians, whom probably he knew to be the better soldiers, and, being hired men, better versed in the arts of war,
And the children of Ammon came out,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
It was a just and necessary war that had been forced on Israel, and they could hope for the blessing of God upon their arms. With great judgment the battle opened against the mercenaries, who could not stand against the furious onset of Joab, and not feeling the cause their own, consulted their safety by flight.
At the entering in of the gate - This was the city of Medeba, as we learn from 1Ch 19:7.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ | vaiyetzeu | and they went out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֔וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ | vaiyaarkhu | and they deployed | H6186 → | 74 times |
| מִלְחָמָ֖ה | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
| פֶּ֣תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַשָּׁ֑עַר | hashaar | the gate | H8179 → | 374 times |
| וַאֲרַ֨ם | vaaram | and Aram | H758 → | 143 times |
| צוֹבָ֤א | tzova' | Zobah | H6678 → | 12 times |
| וּרְחוֹב֙ | urechov | and Rehob | H7340 → | 10 times |
| וְאִֽישׁ־ | veish- | and [the] man of | H376 → | 1663 times |
| ט֣וֹב | tov | Tob | H2897 → | |
| וּמַֽעֲכָ֔ה | umaakhah | and Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| לְבַדָּ֖ם | levadam | to alone them | H905 → | 200 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | basadeh | [were] in the open country | H7704 → | 334 times |
וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙and they went out
vaiyetzeuH3318 →1067 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֔וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּand they deployed
vaiyaarkhuH6186 →74 times
מִלְחָמָ֖הbattle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
פֶּ֣תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
הַשָּׁ֑עַרthe gate
hashaarH8179 →374 times
וַאֲרַ֨םand Aram
vaaramH758 →143 times
צוֹבָ֤אZobah
tzova'H6678 →12 times
וּרְחוֹב֙and Rehob
urechovH7340 →10 times
וְאִֽישׁ־and [the] man of
veish-H376 →1663 times
ט֣וֹבTob
tovH2897 →
וּמַֽעֲכָ֔הand Maacah
umaakhahH4601 →23 times
לְבַדָּ֖םto alone them
levadamH905 →200 times
בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃[were] in the open country
basadehH7704 →334 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
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
- 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.
- 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
Through
Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 27:14
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Numbers 33:36
Through
1 Chronicles 19:7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out…
it leads to
- Joshua 13:9
The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,
- Numbers 21:30
But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
- Joshua 13:9
Through
Judges 1:31Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:24–30
The fifth lot came out for the clans of the tribe of Asher:
- Joshua 19:24–30
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.