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2 Samuel 10
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2 Samuel 10
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Davids sejr over ammonitterne og aramæerne
10 Nogen tid efter døde ammonitternes konge, Nahash, og han blev efterfulgt af sønnen Hanun.
2 „Ham vil jeg vise venlighed,” tænkte David, „for hans far viste venlighed mod mig.” Så sendte David nogle sendebud af sted for at kondolere i anledning af faderens død.
3 Men de ammonitiske officerer sagde til Hanun: „De mænd er ikke kommet for at ære din fars minde! Nej, det er blot et påskud for at udspionere os, for i virkeligheden har David i sinde at angribe os.”
4 Derfor lod Hanun Davids mænd pågribe, hvorefter man vanærede dem ved at barbere den ene side af deres skæg af. Samtidig blev deres tøj skåret af over bagdelen, og sådan blev de sendt hjem. 5 Da David fik at vide, at hans sendebud var blevet så groft ydmyget, sendte han nogle af sine embedsmænd ud for at møde dem og give dem besked på at blive i Jeriko, indtil deres skæg var vokset ud igen.
6 Ammonitterne blev klar over, at David var rasende på dem på grund af det, de havde gjort. Derfor hvervede de 20.000 aramæiske lejesoldater fra områderne ved Rehob og Zoba, 1000 mand fra kongen af Ma’aka og 12.000 mand fra Tob. 7 Da David fik det at vide, sendte han straks Joab og Israels bedste styrker af sted imod dem. 8 Ammonitterne tog opstilling foran byporten, mens mændene fra Zoba, Rehob, Tob og Ma’aka tog opstilling på den åbne slette. 9-10 Derved blev Joab tvunget til at kæmpe på to fronter, så han delte styrkerne imellem sig selv og sin bror Abishaj. Selv tog han elitesoldaterne og rykkede ud mod aramæerne på sletten, mens han overlod resten af hæren til Abishaj, der skulle kæmpe imod ammonitterne foran byporten.
11 „Hvis jeg får brug for hjælp mod aramæerne, må du komme med det samme!” beordrede Joab. „Og hvis det viser sig, at du får besvær med ammonitterne, kommer jeg dig til hjælp. 12 Vær nu ved godt mod! Vi må være tapre, hvis vi skal gøre os håb om at redde vores folk og vores Guds byer. Herrens vilje ske!”
13 Så gik Joab og hans krigere til angreb, og aramæerne flygtede. 14 Da ammonitterne så det, flygtede de også og søgte tilflugt inden for bymuren. Derefter vendte Joab tilbage til Jerusalem med sin hær.
15 Da aramæerne indså, at de ikke kunne stå sig mod israelitterne, søgte de forstærkning. 16 Kong Hadadezer fik samlet en hær af aramæere fra den anden side af Eufratfloden, og de ankom til Helam, anført af Shobak, kong Hadadezers hærfører.
17 Da David hørte det, samlede han hele Israels hær og gik i spidsen for den over Jordanfloden til Helam, hvor de blev angrebet af aramæerne. 18 Aramæerne led store tab og måtte igen tage flugten. David og hans hær dræbte 700[a] aramæiske vognkæmpere og 40.000 fodfolk, deriblandt hærføreren Shobak. 19 Da Hadadezers vasalkonger så, at aramæerne var blevet slået, sluttede de fred med israelitterne og blev underlagt Israels herredømme. Fra da af turde aramæerne ikke længere hjælpe ammonitterne.
Footnotes
- 10,18 Der skulle nok have stået 7000, jf. 1.Krøn. 19,18.
2 Samuel 10
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2 Samuel 10
New King James Version
The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated(A)
10 It happened after this that the (B)king of the people of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. 2 Then David said, “I will show (C)kindness to Hanun the son of (D)Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.”
So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the people of Ammon. 3 And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
4 Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments in the middle, (E)at their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly [a]ashamed. And the king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
6 When the people of Ammon saw that they (F)had made themselves repulsive to David, the people of Ammon sent and hired (G)the Syrians of (H)Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of (I)Maacah one thousand men, and from (J)Ish-Tob twelve thousand men. 7 Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of (K)the mighty men. 8 Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array at the entrance of the gate. And (L)the Syrians of Zoba, Beth Rehob, Ish-Tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
9 When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s best and put them in battle array against the Syrians. 10 And the rest of the people he put under the command of (M)Abishai his brother, that he might set them in battle array against the people of Ammon. 11 Then he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you. 12 (N)Be of good courage, and let us (O)be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may (P)the Lord do what is good in His sight.”
13 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him. 14 When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai, and entered the city. So Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went to (Q)Jerusalem.
15 When the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered together. 16 Then [b]Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond [c]the River, and they came to Helam. And [d]Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them. 17 When it was told David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle array against David and fought with him. 18 Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand (R)horsemen of the Syrians, and struck Shobach the commander of their army, who died there. 19 And when all the kings who were servants to [e]Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and (S)served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the people of Ammon anymore.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 10:5 humiliated
- 2 Samuel 10:16 Heb. Hadarezer
- 2 Samuel 10:16 The Euphrates
- 2 Samuel 10:16 Shophach, 1 Chr. 19:16
- 2 Samuel 10:19 Heb. Hadarezer
2 Samuel 10
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2 Samuel 10
New International Version
David Defeats the Ammonites(A)
10 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. 2 David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash,(B) just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.
When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites, 3 the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out(C) and overthrow it?” 4 So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard,(D) cut off their garments at the buttocks,(E) and sent them away.
5 When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back.”
6 When the Ammonites realized that they had become obnoxious(F) to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean(G) foot soldiers from Beth Rehob(H) and Zobah,(I) as well as the king of Maakah(J) with a thousand men, and also twelve thousand men from Tob.(K)
7 On hearing this, David sent Joab(L) out with the entire army of fighting men. 8 The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of their city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maakah were by themselves in the open country.
9 Joab saw that there were battle lines in front of him and behind him; so he selected some of the best troops in Israel and deployed them against the Arameans. 10 He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai(M) his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites. 11 Joab said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you are to come to my rescue; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to rescue you. 12 Be strong,(N) and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what is good in his sight.”(O)
13 Then Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him. 14 When the Ammonites(P) realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15 After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. 16 Hadadezer had Arameans brought from beyond the Euphrates River; they went to Helam, with Shobak the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17 When David was told of this, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan and went to Helam. The Arameans formed their battle lines to meet David and fought against him. 18 But they fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers.[a] He also struck down Shobak the commander of their army, and he died there. 19 When all the kings who were vassals of Hadadezer saw that they had been routed by Israel, they made peace with the Israelites and became subject(Q) to them.
So the Arameans(R) were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 10:18 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Chron. 19:18); Hebrew horsemen
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