1 Chronicles 19:6

Listen to 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).

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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, ā€œRemain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return. ā€
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 2

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

Footnotes 1

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