David's messengers are embarrassed; war breaks out; David conquerors
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| .And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. | 6 - Chariots Hiring troups was common paractice. The king of Syria was happy to provide them hoping that Israel would be stopped or removed. 2ki0706, 2ch2506. |
| .7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. | 7 - Medeba "A town east of the Jordan in the tribe of Reuben [east of the Dead Sea], Jos 13:9,16. See map. Near it the army of David gained a great victory .... Long afterwards, it fell again into the hands of the Moabites its ancient masters, Nu 21:30; Isa 15:2. Its ruins, on rising ground a few miles southeast of Heshbon, still retain the old name." (ATS Dict.) |
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