2 Samuel · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Samuel 10 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἀπέθανε βασιλεὺς υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀννὼν υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
1 After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
2 Καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ, ποιήσω ἔλεος μετὰ Ἀννὼν υἱοῦ Ναὰς, ὃν τρόπον ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἔλεος. Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Δαυὶδ παρακαλέσαι αὐτὸν ἐν χειρὶ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ· καὶ παρεγένοντο οἱ παῖδες Δαυὶδ εἰς τὴν γῆν υἱῶν Ἀμμών.
2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3 Καὶ εἶπον οἱ ἄρχοντες υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν πρὸς Ἀννῶν τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν, μὴ παρὰ τὸ δοξάζειν Δαυὶδ τὸν πατέρα σου ἐνώπιόν σου, ὅτι ἀπέστειλέ σοι παρακαλοῦντας; ἀλλʼ ὅπως οὐχὶ ἐρευνήσωσι τὴν πόλιν καὶ κατασκοπήσωσιν αὐτὴν καὶ τοῦ κατασκέψασθαι αὐτὴν ἀπέστειλε Δαυὶδ τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ πρὸς σέ;
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
4 Καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἀννὼν τοὺς παῖδας Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐξύρησε τοὺς πώγωνας αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀπέκοψε τοὺς μανδύας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἡμίσει ἕως τῶν ἰσχίων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτούς.
4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Καὶ ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Δαυὶδ ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἦσαν οἱ ἄνδρες ἠτιμασμένοι σφόδρα· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, καθίσατε ἐν Ἱεριχὼ ἕως τοῦ ἀνατεῖλαι τοὺς πώγωνας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπιστραφήσεσθε.
5 When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
6 Καὶ εἶδον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν ὅτι κατῃσχύνθησαν ὁ λαὸς Δαυίδ· καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ἐμισθώσαντο τὴν Συρίαν Βαιθραὰμ, καὶ τὴν Συρίαν Σουβὰ, καὶ Ῥοὼβ, εἴκοσι χιλιάδας πεζῶν, καὶ τὸν βασιλέα Ἀμαλὴκ χιλίους ἄνδρας, καὶ Ἰστὼβ δώδεκα χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν.
6 When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
7 Καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν Ἰωὰβ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοὺς δυνατούς.
7 When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
8 Καὶ ἐξῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν καὶ παρετάξαντο πόλεμον παρὰ τῇ θύρᾳ τῇς πύλης, Συρίας Σουβὰ καὶ Ῥοὼβ καὶ Ἰστὼβ καὶ Ἀμαλὴκ μόνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ.
8 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
9 Καὶ εἶδεν Ἰωὰβ ὅτι ἐγενήθη πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀντιπρόσωπον τοῦ πολέμου ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐξεναντίας καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ὄπισθεν, καὶ ἐπελέξατο ἐκ πάντων τῶν νεανιῶν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐξ ἐναντίας Συρίας.
9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.
10 Καὶ τὸ κατάλοιπον τοῦ λαοῦ ἔδωκεν ἐν χειρὶ Ἀβεσσὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ παρετάξαντο ἐξεναντίας υἱῶν Ἀμμών.
10 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
11 Καὶ εἶπεν, εὰν κραταιωθῇ Συρία ὑπὲρ ἐμὲ, καὶ ἔσεσθέ μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν· καὶ ἐὰν κραταιωθῶσιν υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν ὑπὲρ σὲ, καὶ ἐσόμεθα τοῦ σῶσαί σε.
11 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
12 Ἀνδρίζου καὶ κραταιωθῶμεν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ περὶ τῶν πόλεων τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ Κύριος ποιήσει τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ.
12 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
13 Καὶ προσῆλθεν Ἰωὰβ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς πόλεμον πρὸς Συρίαν, καὶ ἔφυγαν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ.
13 So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
14 Καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀμμὼν εἶδαν ὅτι ἔφυγε Συρία, καὶ ἔφυγαν ἀπὸ προσώπου Ἀβεσσὰ, καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὴν πόλιν· καὶ ἀνέστρεψεν Ἰωὰβ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, καὶ παρεγένετο εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ.
14 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
15 Καὶ εἶδε Συρία ὅτι ἔπτάισεν ἔμπροσθεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό.
15 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
16 Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀδρααζὰρ, καὶ συνήγαγε τὴν Συρίαν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πέραν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Χαλαμὰκ, καὶ παρεγένοντο Αἱλάμ· καὶ Σωβὰκ ἄρχων τῆς δυνάμεως Ἀδρααζὰρ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν.
16 Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River; and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
17 Καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ Δαυὶδ, καὶ συνήγαγε τὸν πάντα Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ διέβη τὸν Ἰορδάνην, καὶ παρεγένετο εἰς Αἰλάμ· καὶ παρετάξατο Συρία ἀπέναντι Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἐπολέμησαν μετʼ αὐτοῦ.
17 David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him.
18 Καὶ ἔφυγε Συρία ἀπὸ πρόσωπου Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἀνεῖλε Δαυὶδ ἐκ τῆς Συρίας ἑπτακόσια ἅρματα, καὶ τεσσαράκοντα χιλιάδας ἱππέων, καὶ τὸν Σωβὰκ τὸν ἄρχοντα τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ ἐπάταξε, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ.
18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
19 Καὶ εἶδαν πάντες οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ δοῦλοι Ἀδρααζὰρ ὅτι ἔπταισαν ἔμπροσθεν Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ηὐτομόλησαν μετὰ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἐδούλευσαν αὐτοῖς· καὶ ἐφοβήθη Συρία τοῦ σῶσαι ἔτι τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἀμμών.
19 When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abishai
Son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab, who went down with David to Saul's sleeping camp, commanded a third of David's army, rescued David from Ishbi-benob, and won a name as chief of…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 10:10
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Hadadezer
King of Zobah, son of Rehob, whom David defeated at the Euphrates and whose Aramean allies from Damascus and beyond the Euphrates were also beaten.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:5; 2 Samuel 10:16
Hanun
Son and successor of Nahash, who shaved half the beards of David's envoys and cut off their garments at the hips, provoking war with David.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 10:1; 2 Samuel 10:2; 2 Samuel 10:4
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 (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Samuel 11:1–3; Judges 11:12–28; Judges 10:7–9; 1 Chronicles 19:1–19
- 2 1 Samuel 11:1; Deuteronomy 23:3–6; Nehemiah 13:1–3; Nehemiah 4:3–7; 1 Samuel 22:3–4
- 3 Genesis 42:9; Genesis 42:16; 1 Corinthians 13:7; 1 Corinthians 13:5
- 4 Isaiah 20:4; Jeremiah 41:5; 1 Chronicles 19:3–4; Isaiah 15:2; Psalm 109:4–5
- 5 1 Chronicles 19:5; Joshua 6:24–26; 1 Kings 16:34
- 6 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 8:5; Genesis 34:30; Judges 11:3; Judges 18:28
- 7 2 Samuel 23:8–39; 1 Chronicles 19:8–19
- 8 2 Samuel 10:6; Joshua 19:28; Numbers 13:21; 1 Chronicles 19:7; Judges 1:31
- 9 Judges 20:42–43; Joshua 8:21–22
- 11 Galatians 6:2; Philippians 1:27–28; 1 Chronicles 19:9–12; Romans 15:1; Nehemiah 4:20
- 12 1 Corinthians 16:13; Deuteronomy 31:6; 1 Samuel 3:18; Nehemiah 4:14; Hebrews 13:6
- 13 1 Kings 20:13–21; 2 Chronicles 13:5–16; 1 Chronicles 19:14–15; 1 Kings 20:28–30
- 15 Revelation 19:19–21; Micah 4:11–12; Psalm 2:1; Zechariah 14:2–3; Isaiah 8:9–10
- 16 1 Chronicles 19:16; 2 Samuel 8:3–8; 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Chronicles 18:5
- 17 1 Chronicles 19:17
- 18 1 Chronicles 19:18; Psalm 18:38; 2 Samuel 8:4; Judges 5:26; Judges 4:2
- 19 2 Samuel 8:6; Revelation 18:10; Judges 1:7; Daniel 2:37; Psalm 18:37–38
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