2 Samuel 10 · Verse 1

2 Samuel 10:1

And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Samuel 10:1, King James Version

2 Samuel 10:1 in other translations

BSBSome time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.
WEBAfter this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
ASVAnd it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
YLTAnd it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth in his stead,
DARBYAnd it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
BBENow after this, death came to the king of the children of Ammon, and Hanun, his son, became king in his place.
WebsterAnd it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

What does 2 Samuel 10:1 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Introduction

The king of Ammon being dead, David sends ambassadors to comfort his son Hanun, 2Sam 10:1, 2Sam 10:2. Hanun, misled by his courtiers, treats the messengers of David with great indignity, 2Sam 10:3-5. The Ammonites, justly dreading David's resentment, send, and hire the Syrians to make war upon him, 2Sam 10:6. Joab and Abishai meet them at the city of Medeba, and defeat them, 2Sam 10:7-14. The Syrians collect another army, but are defeated by David with great slaughter, and make with him a separate peace, 2Sam 10:15-19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 10:1-5

Chapter Outline

David's messengers ill-treated by Hanun. (1-5)
  • The Ammonites defeated. (6-14)
  • The Syrians defeated. (15-19)
Verses 1-5 Nahash had been an enemy to Israel, yet had showed kindness to David. David therefore resolves gratefully to return it. If a Pharisee gives alms in pride, though God will not reward it, yet he that receives the alms ought to return thanks for it. Those who bear ill-will to their neighbours, are resolved not to believe that their neighbours bear any good-will to them. There is nothing so well meant, but it may be ill interpreted, and is wont to be so, by men who love nobody but themselves. The best men must not think it strange if they are thus misrepresented. Charity thinketh no evil. According to the usages of those days and countries, Hanun treated David's ambassadors in the most contemptuous manner. David showed much concern for his servants. Let us learn not to lay unjust reproaches to heart; they will wear off, and turn only to the shame of those who utter or do them; while the reputation wrongfully hurt in a little time grows again, as these beards did. God will bring forth thy righteousness as the light, therefore wait patiently for him, Psa 37:6, 7.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 10:1 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961
אַֽחֲרֵי\־'a.cha.rei-afterH310
כֵ֔ןKhenthusH3651
וַיָּ֕מָתvai.Ya.motand he diedH4191
מֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֑וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
חָנ֥וּןcha.NunHanunH2586
בְּנ֖וֹbe.Noson hisH1121
תַּחְתָּֽיו\׃tach.Tavin place hisH8478

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 10:1

  • 1 Samuel 11:1-3

    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee.

  • Judges 11:12-28

    And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: …

  • Judges 10:7-9

    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:1-19

    Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villanously treated.
6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai.
15 Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam, is slain by David.

AM 2967. B.C. 1037. An. Ex. Is. 454. king.
Jud 10:7-9; 11:12-28; 1Sa 11:1-3; 1Ch 19:1-3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Samuel 10:1

    And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Samuel 10:2

    Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

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2 Samuel 10:1 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		DESPUÉS de esto aconteció, que murió el rey de los hijos de Ammón: y reinó en lugar suyo Hanún su hijo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		*Et il arriva, après cela, que le roi des fils d’Ammon mourut; et Hanun, son fils, régna à sa place.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah hernach da starb der König der Kinder Ammon; und Hanun, sein Sohn, ward König an seiner Statt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Factum est autem post hæc ut moreretur rex filiorum Ammon, et regnavit Hanon filius ejus pro eo.