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.
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Barnes' Notes
A thousand talents of silver - The price is not given in Samuel. On the practice of hiring troops about this time in western Asia, see 1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 7:6; 2Ch 25:6.
Adam Clarke
Chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia - These are not mentioned in the parallel place in Samuel; probably they did not arrive till the Ammonites and their other allies were defeated by the…
We may see here, 1. How the hearts of sinners that are marked for ruin are hardened to their destruction. The children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David (Ch1 19:6), and then…
Cambridge Bible
a thousand talents of silver A very large sum; for a hundred talents Amaziah hired a hundred thousand men (2Ch 25:6).
chariots and horsemen The Israelite armies on the contrary consisted chiefly of…
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