Chapter 10

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AM 2967, bc 1037, An, Ex, Is, 454

king Judg 10:7-9, Judg 11:12-28; 1Sam 11:1-3; 1Chr 19:1-3


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show kindness Deut 23:3-6; Neh 4:3-7, Neh 13:1-3

Nahash 1Sam 11:1

as his father 1Sam 22:3-4


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Thinkest thou that David doth Heb. In thine eyes doth David

not Gen 42:9, Gen 42:16; 1Cor 13:5, 1Cor 13:7


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and shaved The beard is held in high respect and greatly valued in the East. The possessor considers it as his greatest ornament; often swears by it; and, in matters of great importance, pledges it; and nothing can be more secure than such a pledge; for its owner will redeem it at the hazard of his life. The beard was never cut off but in mourning, or as a sign of slavery. It is customary to shave the Ottoman princes, as a mark of their subjection to the reigning emperor. The beard is a mark of authority and liberty among the Mohammedans. The Persians who clip the beard, and shave above the jaw, are reputed heretics. They who serve in the seraglios have their beards shaven, as a sign of servitude; nor do they suffer them to grow till the sultan has set them at liberty. Among the Arabians, it is more infamous for anyone to appear with his beard cut off, than among us to be publicly whipped or branded; and many would prefer death to such a punishment. Lev 19:27; 1Chr 19:3-4; Ps 109:4-5; Isa 15:2

cut off Isa 20:4, Isa 47:2-3; Jer 41:5


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Jericho Josh 6:24-26; 1Kgs 16:34; 1Chr 19:5


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stank Gen 34:30; Exod 5:21; 1Sam 13:4, 1Sam 27:12; 1Chr 19:6-7

Syrians of Bethrehob 2Sam 8:3, 2Sam 8:5, 2Sam 8:12, Zobah, Prov 25:8; Isa 8:9-10

Maacah Josh 13:11-13

Ishtob or, the men of Tob, Judg 11:3, Judg 11:5


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all the host 2Sam 23:8-39; 1Chr 19:8-19


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at the entering This was at the city of Medeba, a city upon the borders of the Ammonites, and in their possession. 1Chr 19:7

Rehob 2Sam 10:6; Num 13:21; Josh 19:28; Judg 1:31


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Josh 8:21-22; Judg 20:42-43


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1Chr 19:9-12; Neh 4:20; Luke 22:32; Rom 15:1; Gal 6:2; Phil 1:27-28


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Be of good This is a very animating address, and equal to anything of the kind in ancient or modern times. Ye fight pro aris et focis; for every good, sacred and civil; for God, for your families, and for your countries. Such harangues, especially in very trying circumstances, are very natural, and may perhaps be found in the records of every nation. Several instances might be quoted from Roman and Grecian history; but few are more remarkable than that of Tyrtaeus, the lame Athenian poet, to whom the command of the army was given in one of the Messenian wars. The Spartans had at that time suffered great losses, and all their stratagems proved ineffectual, so that they began to despair of success; when the poet, by his lectures on honour and courage, delivered in moving verse to the army, ravished them to such a degree with the thoughts of dying for their country, that, rushing on with a furious transport to meet their enemies, they gave them an entire overthrow, and by one decisive battle brought the war to a happy conclusion. Num 13:20; Deut 31:6; Josh 1:6-7, Josh 1:9, Josh 1:18; 1Sam 14:6, 1Sam 14:12, 1Sam 17:32; 2Chr 32:7; Neh 4:14; Heb 13:6

play 1Sam 4:9; 1Chr 19:13; 1Cor 16:13

the Lord 2Sam 16:10-11; Judg 10:15; 1Sam 3:18; Job 1:21


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they fled 1Kgs 20:13-21, 1Kgs 20:28-30; 1Chr 19:14-15; 2Chr 13:5-16


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am 2968, bc 1036, An, Ex, Is, 455

gathered Ps 2:1; Isa 8:9-10; Mic 4:11-12; Zech 14:2-3; Rev 19:19-21


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Hadarezer 2Sam 8:3-8; 1Chr 18:3, 1Chr 18:5

the river i.e. Euphrates

Shobach or, Shophach, 1Chr 19:16


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he gathered 1Chr 19:17


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fled 2Sam 8:4; Ps 18:38, Ps 46:11

horsemen 1Chr 19:18, footmen

Shobach Judg 4:2, Judg 4:22, Judg 5:26


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servants Gen 14:1-5; Josh 11:10; Judg 1:7; 1Kgs 20:1; Dan 2:37

feared 2Sam 8:6; 1Chr 19:19; Ps 18:37-38, Ps 48:4-5; Isa 26:11; Rev 18:10


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