2 Samuel 10:7

7 And David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

2 Samuel 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 10:7

And when David heard of [it]
Of the preparation made by the Ammonites to fight with him:

he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men:
he sent out Joab his general, and an army under his command, consisting of men of strength, valour, and courage; or all the host and the mighty men, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, the famous mighty men mentioned in ( 2 Samuel 23:8 ) ; he did not think it advisable to wait for the Ammonites, but carried the war into their own country, and, instead of suffering them to invade his dominions, he invaded theirs.

2 Samuel 10:7 In-Context

5 And they told [it] to David; and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Abide at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

6 And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David; and the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah [with] a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

7 And David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.

8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

9 And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;