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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 10:3 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Sa 10:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And the princes [08269] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] said [0559] unto Hanun [02586] their lord [0113], Thinkest [05869] thou that David [01732] doth honour [03513] thy father [01], that he hath sent [07971] comforters [05162] unto thee? hath not David [01732] rather sent [07971] his servants [05650] unto thee, to [05668] search [02713] the city [05892], and to spy it out [07270], and to overthrow [02015] it? |
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King James |
And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun--Their suspicion was not warranted either by any overt act or by any cherished design of David: it must have originated in their knowledge of the denunciations of God's law against them (Deu 23:3-6), and of David's policy in steadfastly adhering to it. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The princes ... - Compare Rehoboam's advisers Kg1 12:10-11. It is not improbable that David's severe treatment of Moab Sa2 8:2 was in part the cause of the fear of the Ammonites that a similar treatment was in store for themselves. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father - It has been a matter of just complaint through all the history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts. Courtiers, especially, are suspicious of each other, and often mislead their sovereigns. They feel themselves to be insincere, and suspect others to be so too. |
3 An Ammonite [05984] or Moabite [04125] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to their tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall they not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068] for [05704] ever [05769]:
4 Because [01697] they met [06923] you not with bread [03899] and with water [04325] in the way [01870], when ye came forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]; and because they hired [07936] against thee Balaam [01109] the son [01121] of Beor [01160] of Pethor [06604] of Mesopotamia [0763], to curse [07043] thee.
5 Nevertheless the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] would [014] not hearken [08085] unto Balaam [01109]; but the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] turned [02015] the curse [07045] into a blessing [01293] unto thee, because the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] loved [0157] thee.
6 Thou shalt not seek [01875] their peace [07965] nor their prosperity [02896] all thy days [03117] for ever [05769].
2 And he smote [05221] Moab [04124], and measured [04058] them with a line [02256], casting them down [07901] to the ground [0776]; even with two [08147] lines [02256] measured [04058] he to put to death [04191], and with one full [04393] line [02256] to keep alive [02421]. And so the Moabites [04124] became David's [01732] servants [05650], and brought [05375] gifts [04503].
10 And the young men [03206] that were grown up [01431] with him spake [01696] unto him, saying [0559], Thus shalt thou speak [0559] unto this people [05971] that spake [01696] unto thee, saying [0559], Thy father [01] made [03513] our yoke [05923] heavy [03513], but make thou it lighter [07043] unto us; thus shalt thou say [01696] unto them, My little [06995] finger shall be thicker [05666] than my father's [01] loins [04975].
11 And now whereas my father [01] did lade [06006] you with a heavy [03515] yoke [05923], I will add [03254] to your yoke [05923]: my father [01] hath chastised [03256] you with whips [07752], but I will chastise [03256] you with scorpions [06137].