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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.
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