2 Samuel 10 · Verse 14

2 Samuel 10:14

And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 10:14, King James Version

2 Samuel 10:14 in other translations

BSBWhen the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
WEBWhen the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
ASVAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
YLTand the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go in to the city; and Joab turneth back from the Bene-Ammon, and cometh in to Jerusalem.
DARBYAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. And Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
BBEAnd when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from Abishai, and came into the town. So Joab went back from fighting the children of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.
WebsterAnd when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

What does 2 Samuel 10:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 10:6-14

6-14. when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David--To chastise those insolent and inhospitable Ammonites, who had violated the common law of nations, David sent a large army under the command of Joab, while they, informed of the impending attack, made energetic preparations to repel it by engaging the services of an immense number of Syrian mercenaries. Beth-rehob--the capital of the low-lying region…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The Syrians were fled - They betook themselves to their own confines, while the Ammonites escaped into their own city.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 10:6-14

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, Is 5:19, which will convince them that none ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. Christ's soldiers should strengthen one another's hands in their spiritual warfare. Let nothing be wanting in us, whatever the success be. When we make…

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2 Samuel 10:14 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.

וּבְנֵ֨יu.ve.Neiand [the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֤וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
רָאוּ֙ra.'Uthey sawH7200
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
נָ֣סnasit had fledH5127
אֲרָ֔ם'a.RamAramH758
וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙vai.ya.Nu.suand they fledH5127
מִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
אֲבִישַׁ֔י'a.vi.ShaiAbishaiH52
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uand they wentH935
הָעִ֑ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
וַיָּ֣שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
יוֹאָ֗בyo.'AvJoabH3097
מֵעַל֙me.'Alfrom onH5921
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
עַמּ֔וֹןa.MonAmmonH5983
וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃ye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 2 Samuel 10:13

    And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  • 2 Samuel 10:14

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 10:15

    And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

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2 Samuel 10:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces los hijos de Ammón, viendo que los Siros habían huído, huyeron también ellos delante de Abisai, y entráronse en la ciudad. Y volvió Joab de los hijos de Ammón, y vínose á Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quand les fils d’Ammon virent que les Syriens s’étaient enfuis, ils s’enfuirent devant Abishaï, et rentrèrent dans la ville. Et Joab s’en retourna d’auprès des fils d’Ammon, et vint à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als die Kinder Ammon sahen, daß die Syrer geflohen waren, da flohen auch sie vor Abisai und zogen sich in die Stadt zurück. Und Joab kehrte von den Kindern Ammon zurück und kam nach Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Filii autem Ammon videntes quia fugissent Syri, fugerunt et ipsi a facie Abisai, et ingressi sunt civitatem: reversusque est Joab a filiis Ammon, et venit Jerusalem.