1 Chronicles · Free Bible Version
1 Chronicles 19 Free Bible Version
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1 Some time later, Nahash, king of the Ammonites, died and his son succeeded him.
1 After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
2 David said, “I will be kind to Hanun, son of Nahash, for his father was kind to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him over his father's death. David's ambassadors arrived in the land of the Ammonites and went to comfort Hanun.
2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
3 But the Ammonite princes said to Hanun, “Do you really think that David is honoring your father by sending comforters to you? Haven't these ‘comforters’ only come to spy out the land to find ways to conquer it?”
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”
4 So Hanun detained David's ambassadors and had them shaved, and their robes cut off at the buttocks. Then he sent them back.
4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 A message was sent to David to explain what had happened to the men. David then sent messengers to the men to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then you can come back.”
5 Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
6 Then the Ammonites realized that they had really been offensive to David. So Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
6 When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
7 They also hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army. They came set up camp near Medeba. The Ammonites were also called up from their towns and prepared for battle.
7 So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 When David learned of this, he sent Joab and the entire army to confront them.
8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.
9 The Ammonites set up their battle lines near the town entrance, while the other kings who had joined them took up positions in the open fields.
9 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
10 Joab realized he would have to fight both in front of him and behind him, he chose some of Israel's best troops and he took charge of them to lead the attack the Arameans.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
11 He put the rest of the army under the command of Abishai, his brother. They were to attack the Ammonites.
11 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
12 Joab told him, “If the Arameans are stronger than me, you come and help me. If the Ammonites are stronger than you, I'll come and help you.
12 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
13 Be brave, and fight your best for our people and the towns of our God. May the Lord do what he sees as good!”
13 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May Yahweh do that which seems good to him.”
14 Joab attacked the Arameans with his forces and they ran away from him.
14 So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.
15 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had run away, they also ran away from Abishai, Joab's brother, and retreated into the town. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
15 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 As soon as the Arameans saw they had been defeated by the Israelites they sent for reinforcements from the other side of the Euphrates River, under the leadership of Shobach, commander of Hadadezer's army.
16 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and called out the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer leading them.
17 When this was reported to David, he assembled all Israel together. He crossed the Jordan and approached the Aramean army, drawing up his forces in battle line against them. When David engaged in battle with them they fought with him.
17 David was told that, so he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, came to them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Aramean army ran away from the Israelites, and David killed 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 infantry, as well as Shobach, their army commander.
18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrian men seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand footmen, and also killed Shophach the captain of the army.
19 When Hadadezer's allies realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. As a result, the Arameans didn't want to help the Ammonites any more.
19 When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. The Syrians would not help the children of Ammon any more.
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Shobach
Commander of Hadadezer's army, who led the Arameans from beyond the Euphrates to Helam and was struck down there by David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 10:16; 2 Samuel 10:18; 1 Chronicles 19:16
Cross references (19)
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- 1 2 Samuel 10:1–19; 1 Samuel 12:12; 1 Samuel 11:1–2
- 2 1 Samuel 30:26; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Genesis 19:37–38; Ecclesiastes 9:15; 2 Samuel 9:7
- 3 Genesis 42:9–18; 1 Samuel 29:4; 1 Kings 12:8–11; Judges 1:23–24; Joshua 2:1–3
- 4 2 Samuel 10:4–5; Jeremiah 41:5; Isaiah 20:4; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Isaiah 15:2
- 5 Judges 16:22; Joshua 6:24–26; Matthew 18:31; 1 Kings 16:34
- 6 1 Chronicles 18:5; 2 Samuel 10:6; Genesis 34:30; 1 Chronicles 18:9; 2 Chronicles 27:5
- 7 Numbers 21:30; Joshua 13:9; Joshua 13:16; Judges 4:3; 2 Samuel 10:6
- 8 2 Samuel 23:8–39; 1 Chronicles 11:10–47; 1 Chronicles 11:6
- 9 1 Kings 20:1; 2 Samuel 18:4; Isaiah 28:6; 2 Chronicles 13:3; Joel 2:5
- 10 Judges 20:42–43; 2 Samuel 10:9–14; Joshua 8:22
- 11 1 Chronicles 18:12; 1 Chronicles 19:9; 1 Chronicles 11:20
- 12 Philippians 1:27–28; Nehemiah 4:20; Ecclesiastes 4:9–12; Galatians 6:2
- 13 Psalm 27:14; Nehemiah 4:14; Joshua 10:25; 2 Samuel 10:12; 1 Corinthians 16:13
- 14 2 Chronicles 13:5–16; 1 Kings 20:13; 1 Kings 20:28–30; Jeremiah 46:15–16; 1 Kings 20:19–21
- 15 Leviticus 26:7; Romans 8:31
- 16 2 Samuel 10:16; Zechariah 14:1–3; Psalm 2:1; Isaiah 8:9; Micah 4:11–12
- 17 1 Chronicles 19:9; Isaiah 22:6–7
- 18 2 Samuel 10:18; Psalm 46:11; 1 Chronicles 19:13–14; Psalm 18:32; Psalm 33:16
- 19 2 Samuel 10:19; 1 Kings 20:12; Isaiah 10:8; Genesis 14:4–5; Psalm 18:44
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