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1 Chronicles 19:8

1 Chronicles 19:8
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 19:6-19

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

David … sent Joab Why in such a crisis did he not go himself? Perhaps because he could watch the gathering of the more serious storm described in 1Ch 19:16-19 better from Jerusalem.

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