Nahash. 1Sa 11:1,2; 12:12; 2Sa 10:1-3;
I will shew. 1Sa 30:26; 2Sa 9:1,7; 2Ki 4:13; Es 6:3; Ec 9:15;
the children. Ge 19:37,38; De 23:3-6; Ne 4:3,7; 13:1;
but the princes. 1Sa 29:4,9; 1Ki 12:8-11;
Thinkest thou that David. Heb. In thine eyes doth David. 1Co 13:5-7;
to search. Ge 42:9-18; Jos 2:1-3; Jud 1:23,24; 18:2,8-10;
took David's. Ps 35:12; 109:4,5;
shaved them. Le 19:27; Isa 15:2; Jer 41:5; 48:37;
sent them. 2Sa 10:4,5; 2Ch 36:16; Mr 12:4; Lu 20:10,11;
and told David. Mt 18:31;
at Jericho. Jos 6:24-26; 1Ki 16:34;
your beards. Jud 16:22;
odious. Heb. to stink. Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21; 1Sa 13:4; 27:12; Ps 14:3;
a thousand. 2Ch 16:2,3; 25:6; 27:5; Ps 46:9;
Syria-maachah. 2Sa 10:6;
Zobah. 2Ch 18:3,5,9; 1Sa 14:47; 2Sa 8:3; 1Ki 11:23,24;
hired. 18:4; Ex 14:9; Jud 4:3; 1Sa 13:5; 2Ch 14:9; Ps 20:7-9;
thirty. Thirty-two thousand soldiers, exclusive of the thousand send by the Maachah, are mentioned in the parallel passage (2; Sa 10:6;) but of chariots or cavalry there is no mention; and the number of chariots stated here is prodigious, and beyond all credibility. But as the word {raichev} denotes not only a chariot, but a rider, (see Isa 21:7,) it ought most probably to be rendered here, in a collective sense, cavalry; and then the number of troops will exactly agree with the passage in Samuel. It is probable that they were a kind of auxiliary troops who were usually mounted on horses, or in chariots, but who occasionally served as foot-soldiers.
the king of Maachah. This variation exists only in the translation, the original being the same in both places, {melech m�achah,} "the king of Maachah." 2Sa 10:6;
king Maachah. Medeba. Nu 21:30; Jos 13:9; Isa 15:2;
Joab. 11:6,10-47; 2Sa 23:8-39;
put the battle. 1Sa 17:2; 2Sa 18:4; 2Ch 13:3; 14:10; Isa 28:6; Jer 50:42; Joe 2:5;
the kings. 2Sa 10:8; 1Ki 20:1,24;
when Joab. 2Sa 10:9-14;
battle. Heb. face of the battle. set against. Jos 8:22; Jud 20:42,43;
Abishai. Heb. Abshai. 11:20; 18:12; The variation of ['Ab�yshay h52,] Abishai, and ['Abshay h52,] Abshai, is simply caused by the elision of [Y�wd,] {yood,} which is by no means uncommon.
and they set. ver. 9;
If the Syrians. Ne 4:20; Ec 4:9-12; Ga 6:2; Php 1:27,28;
of good. De 31:6,7; Jos 1:7; 10:25; 1Sa 4:9; 14:6-12; 17:32; 2Sa 10:12; Ezr 10:4; Ne 4:14; Ps 27:14; 1Co 16:13;
let us behave, etc. In Samuel, "let us play the men;" but the original is the same in both places, {nithchazzak}.
let the Lord. Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 15:26; 16:10,11; Job 1:22;
they fled. 1Ki 20:13,19-21,28-30; 2Ch 13:5-16; Jer 46:15,16;
they likewise. Le 26:7; Ro 8:31;
A.M. 2968. B.C. 1036. An. Ex. Is. 455. and drew. Ps 2:1; Isa 8:9; Mic 4:11,12; Zec 14:1-3;
river. that is, Euphrates. Shophach. This variation arises from the permutation of [B�yth,] {baith,} and [P�,] {pay;} being written in the parallel passage [Sh�wb�k h7731,] Shobach, and here [Sh�wph�k h7780,] Shophach. 2Sa 10:16;
upon them. Instead of {alaihem,} "upon them," it is in 2; Sa 10:17 {chelamah,} "to Helam:" the one seems evidently to be a mistake for the other.
fled before Israel. ver. 13,14; Ps 18:32; 33:16; 46:11;
seven thousand. In the parallel passage, "the men of seven hundred chariots;" which difference probably arose from mistaking [N�wn,] {noon final}, which stands for 700, for [Zayin,] {zayin,} with a dot above, which denotes 7,000, or vice versa: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other.
footmen. If these troops were as we have suppose, a kind of dismounted cavalry, the terms footmen and horsemen might be indifferently applied to them. 2Sa 10:18;
the servants. Ge 14:4,5; Jos 9:9-11; 2Sa 10:19; 1Ki 20:1,12; Ps 18:39,44; Isa 10:8;