2 Samuel 10 · Verse 19

2 Samuel 10:19

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Samuel 10:19, King James Version

2 Samuel 10:19 in other translations

BSB	When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
WEB	When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
ASV	And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
YLT	And all the kings--servants of Hadadezer--see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.
DARBY	And all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with Israel, and served them. And the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
BBE	And when all the kings who were servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became their servants. So the Aramaeans, in fear, gave no more help to the children of Ammon.
Webster	And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

What does 2 Samuel 10:19 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 19 Made peace with Israel - They made this peace separately, and were obliged to pay tribute to the Israelites. Some copies of the Vulgate add here after the word Israel, Expaverunt et fugerunt quinquaginta et octo millia coram Israel; "and they were panic-struck, and fled fifty-eight thousand of them before Israel." This reading is nowhere else to be found. "Thus," observes Dr. Delaney, "the arms of David were blessed; and God accomplished the promises which he had made to Abraham, Gen 15:18, and renewed to Joshua, Jos 1:2, Jos 1:4." And thus, in the space of nineteen or twenty years, David had the good fortune to finish gloriously eight wars, all righteously undertaken, and all honourably terminated; viz. 1. The civil war with Ish-bosheth. 2. The war against the Jebusites. 3. The war against the Philistines and their allies. 4. The war against the Philistines alone. 5. The war against the Moabites. 6. The war against Hadadezer. 7. The war against the Idumeans. 8. The war against the Ammonites and Syrians. This last victory was soon followed by the complete conquest of the kingdom of the Ammonites, abandoned by their allies. What glory to the monarch of Israel, had not the splendor of this illustrious epoch been obscured by a complication of crimes, of which one could never have even suspected him capable! We have now done with the first part of this book, in which we find David great, glorious, and pious: we come to the second part, in which we shall have the pain to observe him fallen from God, and his horn defiled in the dust by crimes of the most flagitious nature. Let him that most assuredly standeth take heed lest he fall.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 10:15-19

Here is a new attempt of the Syrians. Even the baffled cause will make head as long as there is any life in it; the enemies of the Son of David do so. But now the promise made to Abraham, Ge 15:18, and repeated to Joshua, Jos 1:4, that the borders of Israel should extend to the river Euphrates, was performed. Learn hence, that it is dangerous to help those who have God against them; for when they fall, their helpers…

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2 Samuel 10:19 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּרְא֨וּvai.yir.'Uand they sawH7200

כָֽל\־khol-allH3605

הַמְּלָכִ֜יםha.me.la.Khimthe kingsH4428

עַבְדֵ֣י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650

הֲדַדְעֶ֗זֶרha.dad.'E.zerHadadezerH1928

כִּ֤יkithatH3588

נִגְּפוּ֙ni.ge.Futhey were defeatedH5062

לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

וַיַּשְׁלִ֥מוּvai.yash.Li.muand they made peaceH7999

אֶת\־'et-withH854

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּםvai.ya.'av.Dumand they served themH5647

וַיִּֽרְא֣וּvai.yir.'Uand they were afraidH3372

אֲרָ֔ם'a.RamAramH758

לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַle.ho.Shi.a'to deliverH3467

ע֖וֹדodagainH5750

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853

בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121

עַמּֽוֹן\׃\ \פa.MonAmmonH5983

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 10:19

2 Samuel 8:6
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
Revelation 18:10
Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Judges 1:7
And Adoni–bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Daniel 2:37
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
Psalms 18:37-38
I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
1 Kings 20:1
And Ben–hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
Genesis 14:1-5
And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. …
Isaiah 26:11
Lord, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.
1 Chronicles 19:19
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
Joshua 11:10
And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
Psalms 48:4-5
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

servants.
Ge 14:1-5; Jos 11:10; Jud 1:7; 1Ki 20:1; Da 2:37
feared.
8:6; 1Ch 19:19; Ps 18:37,38; 48:4,5; Isa 26:11; Re 18:10

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Context

2 Samuel 10:18
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
2 Samuel 10:19
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

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2 Samuel 10:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Viendo pues todos los reyes que asistían á Hadad-ezer, como habían ellos sido derrotados delante de Israel, hicieron paz con Israel, y sirviéronle; y de allí adelante temieron los Siros de socorrer á los hijos de Ammón.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et tous les rois qui étaient serviteurs d’Hadarézer virent qu’ils étaient battus devant Israël, et ils firent la paix avec Israël, et le servirent. Et les Syriens craignirent d’aider encore les fils d’Ammon.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und als alle die Könige, welche Knechte Hadaresers waren, sahen, daß sie vor Israel geschlagen waren, da machten sie Frieden mit Israel und dienten ihnen. Und die Syrer fürchteten sich, den Kindern Ammon fernerhin zu helfen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Videntes autem universi reges qui erant in præsidio Adarezer, se victos esse ab Israël, expaverunt, et fugerunt quinquaginta et octo millia coram Israël. Et fecerunt pacem cum Israël, et servierunt eis: timueruntque Syri auxilium præbere ultra filiis Ammon.