2 Samuel 10:6

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.

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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.

BSB

When 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 and twelve thousand men from Tob.

ASV

And when the children of Ammon saw that they were 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 a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

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וַיִּרְאוּ vai·yir·'u and they saw H7200 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 כִּי ki that H3588 נִבְאֲשׁוּ niv·'a·shu they had made themselves odious H887 בְּדָוִד be·da·vid with David H1732 וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ vai·yish·le·chu and they sent H7971 בְנֵי־ ve·nei- [the] people of H1121 עַמּוֹן a·mon Ammon H5983 וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ vai·yis·ke·ru and they hired H7936 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אֲרַם 'a·ram Aram H758 בֵּית־ beit- Beth H1050 רְחוֹב re·chov Rehob H1050 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 אֲרַם 'a·ram Aram H758 צוֹבָא tzo·va' Zobah H6678 עֶשְׂרִים 'es·rim twenty H6242 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 רַגְלִי rag·li foot soldier[s] H7273 וְאֶת־ ve·'et and (marks the object) H853 מֶלֶךְ me·lekh [the] king of H4428 מַעֲכָה ma·'a·khah Maacah H4601 אֶלֶף 'e·lef one thousand H505 אִישׁ 'ish man H376 וְאִישׁ ve·'ish and [the] man of H376 טוֹב tov Tob H2897 שְׁנֵים־ she·neim- two [plus] H8147 עָשָׂר 'a·sar ten H6240 אֶלֶף 'e·lef thousand H505 אִישׁ 'ish man H376

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–14

They that are at war with the Son of David, not only give the provocation, but begin the war. God has forces to send against those that set his wrath at defiance, Is 5:19, which will convince them that none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Christ's soldiers should strengthen one another's hands in their spiritual warfare. Let nothing be wanting in us, whatever the success be. When we make conscience of doing our duty, we may, with satisfaction, leave the event with God, assuredly hoping for his salvation in his own way and time.

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1 Chronicles 19:6–7

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David Maacah Zobah Beth-rehob

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Armies Syria Maachah Rehob Zobah Beth-Rehob Ish-Tob

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.