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1
Chronicles Chapter Nineteen
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 19
The
eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2 Samuel 8:1 with
very little variations
which are observed in the notes on them
to which the
reader is referred.
1 Chronicles
19:1 It happened
after this that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon died
and his son
reigned in his place.
YLT
1And it cometh to pass after
this
that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon dieth
and his son reigneth in his
stead
Verses 1-19
See
Chapter Introduction
1 Chronicles
19:2 2 Then
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. And David’s servants came to Hanun in the land of the
people of Ammon to comfort him.
YLT
2and David saith
`I do
kindness with Hanun son of Nahash
for his father did with me kindness;' and
David sendeth messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants
of David come in unto the land of the sons of Ammon
unto Hanun
to comfort
him
1 Chronicles 19:3 3 And the princes of the
people of Ammon said to Hanun
“Do you think that David really honors your
father because he has sent comforters to you? Did his servants not come to you
to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”
YLT
3and the heads of the sons
of Ammon say to Hanun
`Is David honouring thy father
in thine eyes
because
he hath sent to thee comforters? in order to search
and to overthrow
and to
spy out
the land
have not his servants come in unto thee?'
1 Chronicles 19:4 4 Therefore Hanun took
David’s servants
shaved them
and cut off their garments in the middle
at
their buttocks
and sent them away.
YLT
4And Hanun taketh the
servants of David
and shaveth them
and cutteth their long robes in the midst
unto the buttocks
and sendeth them away.
1 Chronicles 19:5 5 Then some went and
told David about the men; and he sent to meet them
because the men were
greatly ashamed. And the king said
“Wait at Jericho until your beards have
grown
and then return.”
YLT
5And [some] go
and declare
to David concerning the men
and he sendeth to meet them -- for the men have
been greatly ashamed -- and the king saith
`Dwell in Jericho till that your
beard is grown
then ye have returned.'
1 Chronicles 19:6 6 When the people of Ammon
saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David
Hanun and the people of
Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and
horsemen from Mesopotamia
[a] from
Syrian Maacah
and from Zobah.[b]
YLT
6And the sons of Ammon see
that they have made themselves abhorred by David
and Hanun and the sons of
Ammon send a thousand talents of silver
to hire to them
from Aram-Naharaim
and from Aram-Maachah
and from Zobah
chariots and horsemen;
1 Chronicles 19:7 7 So they hired for
themselves thirty-two thousand chariots
with the king of Maacah and his
people
who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the people of Ammon gathered
together from their cities
and came to battle.
YLT
7and they hire to them two
and thirty thousand chariots
and the king of Maachah and his people
and they
come in and encamp before Medeba
and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out
of their cities
and come in to the battle.
1 Chronicles 19:8 8 Now when David heard of
it
he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
YLT
8And David heareth
and
sendeth Joab
and all the host of the mighty men
1 Chronicles 19:9 9 Then the people of Ammon
came out and put themselves in battle array before the gate of the city
and
the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
YLT
9and the sons of Ammon come
out and set battle in array at the opening of the city
and the kings who have
come [are] by themselves in the field.
1 Chronicles 19:10 10 When Joab saw that the
battle line was against him before and behind
he chose some of Israel’s best
and put them in battle array against the Syrians.
YLT
10And Joab seeth that the
front of the battle hath been unto him
before and behind
and he chooseth out
of all the choice in Israel
and setteth in array to meet Aram
1 Chronicles 19:11 11 And the rest of the people
he put under the command of Abishai his brother
and they set themselves
in battle array against the people of Ammon.
YLT
11and the remnant of the
people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother
and they set in
array to meet the sons of Ammon.
1 Chronicles 19:12 12 Then he said
“If the Syrians
are too strong for me
then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are
too strong for you
then I will help you.
YLT
12And he saith
`If Aram be
stronger than I
then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of
Ammon be stronger than thou
then I have saved thee;
1 Chronicles 19:13 13 Be of good courage
and
let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is
good in His sight.”
YLT
13be strong
and we
strengthen ourselves
for our people
and for the cities of our God
and
Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.'
1 Chronicles 19:14 14 So Joab and the people who
were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians
and they
fled before him.
YLT
14And Joab draweth nigh
and
the people who [are] with him
before Aram to battle
and they flee from his
face;
1 Chronicles 19:15 15 When the people of Ammon
saw that the Syrians were fleeing
they also fled before Abishai his brother
and entered the city. So Joab went to Jerusalem.
YLT
15and the sons of Ammon have
seen that Aram hath fled
and they flee -- they also -- from the face of
Abishai his brother
and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 19:16 16 Now when the Syrians saw
that they had been defeated by Israel
they sent messengers and brought the
Syrians who were beyond the River
[c] and
Shophach[d] the
commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.
YLT
16And Aram seeth that they
have been smitten before Israel
and send messengers
and bring out Aram that
[is] beyond the River
and Shophach head of the host of Hadarezer [is] before
them.
1 Chronicles 19:17 17 When it was told David
he
gathered all Israel
crossed over the Jordan and came upon them
and set up in battle
array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the
Syrians
they fought with him.
YLT
17And it is declared to
David
and he gathereth all Israel
and passeth over the Jordan
and cometh in
unto them
and setteth in array against them; yea
David setteth in array the
battle to meet Aram
and they fight with him;
1 Chronicles 19:18 18 Then the Syrians fled
before Israel; and David killed seven thousand[e]
charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers[f] of the
Syrians
and killed Shophach the commander of the army.
YLT
18and Aram fleeth from the
face of Israel
and David slayeth of Aram seven thousand charioteers
and forty
thousand footmen
and Shophach head of the host he hath put to death.
1 Chronicles 19:19 19 And when the servants of
Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel
they made peace with David and
became his servants. So the Syrians were not willing to help the people of
Ammon anymore.
YLT
19And the servants of
Hadarezer see that they have been smitten before Israel
and they make peace
with David and serve him
and Aram hath not been willing to help the sons of
Ammon any more.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)