2 Samuel 10:7 On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
On hearing this, David sent Joab out with the entire army of fighting men.

English Standard Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.

New American Standard Bible
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.

King James Bible
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David heard about it and sent Joab and all the fighting men.

International Standard Version
In response, David sent out Joab and his entire army of elite soldiers.

American Standard Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when David heard this, he sent Joab and the whole army of warriors.

Darby Bible Translation
And David heard of it, and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

Young's Literal Translation
and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host -- the mighty men.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

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, Isa 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 conscience of doing our duty, we may, with satisfaction, leave the event with God, assuredly hoping for his salvation in his own way and time.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

2Sa 10:6-14. The Ammonites Overcome.

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 between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon.

Zoba—(see on [271]2Sa 8:3).

of king Maacah—His territories lay on the other side of Jordan, near Gilead (De 3:14).

Ish-tob—that is, "the men of Tob"—the place of Jephthah's marauding adventures (see also 1Ch 19:6; Ps 60:1, title). As the Israelite soldiers poured into the Ammonite territory, that people met them at the frontier town of Medeba (1Ch 19:7-9), the native troops covering the city, while the Syrian mercenaries lay at some distance encamped in the fields. In making the attack, Joab divided his forces into two separate detachments—the one of which, under the command of his brother, Abishai, was to concentrate its attack upon the city, while he himself marched against the overwhelming host of mercenary auxiliaries. It was a just and necessary war that had been forced on Israel, and they could hope for the blessing of God upon their arms. With great judgment the battle opened against the mercenaries, who could not stand against the furious onset of Joab, and not feeling the cause their own, consulted their safety by flight. The Ammonites, who had placed their chief dependence upon a foreign aid, then retreated to entrench themselves within the walls of the town.