Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:8

8 Yàmén rén chūlai , zaì chéng mén qián bǎi zhèn . suǒ bā yǔLìhé de Yàlán rén , tuó bǎi rén , bìng Mǎjiā rén , Lìng zaì jiāo yĕ bǎi zhèn .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 10:8

And the children of Ammon came out
Either out of Rabbah their metropolis, as Josephus ^F21; or rather out of Medeba, as it seems from ( 1 Chronicles 19:7 ) ; a city that lay on the borders of their country, and was a frontier town, see ( Numbers 21:30 ) ;

and put the battle in array, at the entering in of the gate;
of the city of Medeba; they were first within the city, but, upon the approach of Joab and his army, they came out and drew up in a line of battle at the gate of it:

and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were]
by themselves in the field;
at some distance from the city, the Ammonites not choosing to trust: mercenaries in it; and perhaps they placed these ambush in the field, to get Joab between two fires, as we now express it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 6. sect. 2.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 10:8 In-Context

6 Yàmén rén zhīdào Dàwèi zēngwù tāmen , jiù dǎfa rén qù , zhāo mù bǎiLìhé de Yàlán rén hé suǒ bā de Yàlán rén , bù bīng èr wàn , yǔ Mǎjiā wáng de rén yī qiā , tuó bǎi rén yī wàn èr qiā .

7 Dàwèi tīngjian le , jiù chāi paì Yuēyē Tǒng daì yǒng mĕng de quán jūn chū qù .

8 Yàmén rén chūlai , zaì chéng mén qián bǎi zhèn . suǒ bā yǔLìhé de Yàlán rén , tuó bǎi rén , bìng Mǎjiā rén , Lìng zaì jiāo yĕ bǎi zhèn .

9 Yuē yē kànjian dírén zaì tā qián hòu bǎi zhèn , jiù cóng Yǐsèliè jūn zhōng tiānxuǎn jīng bīng , shǐ tāmen duì zhe Yàlán rén bǎi zhèn .

10 Qíyú de bīng jiāo yǔ tā xiōngdi yà bǐ shāi , duì zhe Yàmén rén bǎi zhèn .