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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 10:14 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
2Sa 10:14	King James	And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
So Joab returned and came to Jerusalem--Probably the season was too far advanced for entering on a siege.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

So Joab returned and came to Jerusalem--Probably the season was too far advanced for entering on a siege.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Joab returned - The great strength of Rabbah made it hopeless to take it by assault, and the Syrians were not sufficiently broken Sa2 10:15 to make it safe to undertake a regular siege.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Joab returned - The great strength of Rabbah made it hopeless to take it by assault, and the Syrians were not sufficiently broken Sa2 10:15 to make it safe to undertake a regular siege.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own city.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own city.

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