1 Chronicles 19:6

6 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents^[a] of silver to hire chariots and horsemen ¹from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from ²Zobah.

1 Chronicles 19:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 19:6

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1).

1 Chronicles 19:6 In-Context

4 So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away;

5 and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return. ”

6 When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.

7 They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.

8 When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

Cross References

• 1. 19:6 [2 Sam. 10:6]
• 2. 19:6 ch. 18:5, 9

Footnotes

• [a] 19:6 A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms