And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
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Interpretation
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, Isa 5:19 , which will convince them that none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered.
Glossary
- Ammon Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- David Person
- Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .
- Beth-rehob Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Beqaa Valley.
- Maacah Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Abel Beth Maacah.
- Tob Place
- A district on the east of Jodan, about 13 miles south-east of the Sea of Galilee, to which Jephthah fled from his brethren ( Judg. 11:3 , 5). Modern identification: Et Tayibeh.
- Zobah Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Brital.