And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
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Gill's Exposition
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David,.... Or had made themselves odious to him, as it is rendered in Ch1 19:6; were abominable to him, that he was incensed against them, and…
Barnes' Notes
Stank ... - A strong figure for to be odious or detested. Compare the marginal references The Syrians of Beth-rehob - If identical with the Mesopotamians of 1Ch 19:6, Beth-rehob is the same as…
Adam Clarke
The children of Ammon saw that they stank - That is, that their conduct rendered them abominable. This is the Hebrew mode of expressing such a feeling. See Gen 34:30.
The Syrians of Bethrehob - This…
Here we have, I. The preparation which the Ammonites made for war, Sa2 10:6. They saw they had made themselves very odious to David and obnoxious to his just displeasure. This they might easily have…
Defeat of the Ammonites and their Syrian allies
6. that they stank Lit. that they had made themselves stink: had brought themselves into evil odour, or, made themselves odious. Ancient history records…
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