“Aware that they were utterly abhorrent to David, the people of ‘Amon sent and hired 20,000 Aram foot soldiers from Beit-Rechov and Tzovah, the king of Ma‘akhah with 1,000 men, and 12,000 soldiers from Tov.”-2 Samuel 10:6 By humiliating King David’s diplomats… There were no two ways about it… The King of Ammon had declared […]

Despite David’s kind gesture toward Hanun… The existing hate was too deep to overcome. Hanun’s men advised the new king that David was up to no good. They said the real purpose of the Hebrew diplomats was to deceive… And most likely to spy on the Ammonite capital city of Rabbah (currently Amman, Jordan). Now […]

“Sometime later, when the king of the people of ‘Amon died, his son Hanun became king in his place.  David said, ‘I will show grace to Hanun, the son of Nachash, as his father showed grace to me.‘  So David sent his servants to pass him a message of comfort concerning his father.”-2 Samuel 10:1 […]

I wanna share something interesting. The humiliating treatment of David’s messengers actually relates to what happened in chapter 8—the defeat of Hadad-Ezer’s Syrian army. In other words, the battle we read about in chapter 8 happened because of what we’re studying now in chapter 10. I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating… Many of the […]

“Sometime later, when the king of the people of ‘Amon died, his son Hanun became king in his place.  David said, ‘I will show grace to Hanun the son of Nachash, as his father showed grace to me.’ So David sent his servants to pass him a message of comfort concerning his father.”-2 Samuel 10:1-2 […]