6. when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David —One universal feeling of indignation was roused throughout Israel, and all classes supported the king in his determination to avenge this unprovoked insult on the Hebrew nation. Hanun . . . sent a thousand talents of silver —a sum equal to £342,100, to procure the services of foreign mercenaries. chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia . . . Syria-maachah, and . . . Zobah —The Mesopotamian troops did not arrive during this campaign ( :- ). Syria-maachah lay on the north of the possessions of the trans-jordanic Israelites, near Gilead. Zobah —(see on :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
Pericope (part_of)
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pericope/per-1ch-19-002
절 (explains)
Source
source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological