16<\/strong>. the Syrians that were beyond the river<\/em> ] i.e. the Syrians of “Mesopotamia”; cp. 1Ch 19:6<\/span>, note. 2Sa 10:16<\/span> adds, and they came to Helam<\/em>; the position of Helam however is unknown, but it was probably not far from the Euphrates.<\/p>\n Shophach<\/em> ] In 2Sa 10:16<\/span> called “Shobach.” The whole allied army was united under one general.<\/p>\n 16 19. The End of the Aramaean War<\/p>\n Three stages are apparent in the war with Zobah, ( a<\/em>) that in which David secured a position on the Euphrates, 1Ch 18:3-8<\/span>, ( b<\/em>) the stage during which troops from Zobah acted as auxiliaries to the Ammonites, 1Ch 19:6-15<\/span>, ( c<\/em>) the final stage which ended la the conclusion of a formal peace, ib.<\/em> 1Ch 19:16-19<\/span>.<\/p>\n 1Ch 19:16-18<\/span><\/p>\n Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The war-cry<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>A wise economy of forces.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>A determination to render mutual help.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Of exalted courage.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Of true patriotism.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Of submission to God. (J. Wolfendale.<\/em>)<\/p>\n 16. And when the Syrians saw thatthey were put to the worse before Israel<\/B>(See on 2Sa10:15-19<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n See Gill “1Ch 19:1”.<\/p>\n see note on: 2Sa 10:15<\/span><\/p>\n (16) They sent messengers.<\/strong>Samuel, Hadarezer sent and drew forth (literally, made to come out: i.e.,<\/em> to war, 1Ch. 20:1<\/span>). The name Hadarezer (Hadadezer) is important, as helping us to identify this campaign with that of 1Ch. 18:3-8<\/span>.<\/p>\n Beyond the river.<\/strong>The Euphrates, called Purt, Purtu, by the Babylonians and Assyrians, Furt by the Arabs, and Ufrtus by the ancient Persians. The name is derived from the Accadian Pura-nunu (great river). The Assyrian Purt, Hebrew Prth, is simply the word Pura with a feminine ending; so that this well-known name means The River par excellence.<\/em> (Comp. Gen. 15:18<\/span>; Isa. 8:7<\/span>.)<\/p>\n The use of this phrase, beyond the river, to denote the position of the Eastern Aramans, shows that the narrative here borrowed by the chronicler was originally written in Palestine. The Syriac and Arabic add here, and they came to Hlm. (So Samuel; see next verse.)<\/p>\n Shophach.<\/strong>Samuel, Shobach. The letters p<\/em> and b<\/em> are much alike in Hebrew. The Syriac has Shbk. Shophach may be compared with the Arabic safaka, <\/em>to shed blood (saffk,<\/em> a shedder of blood).<\/p>\n Went before them.<\/strong>Commanded them.<\/em> It thus appears that the suzerainty of Hadadezer was recognised by some Araman States lying east of the Euphrates.<\/p>\n (16-19) The last effort of the Arameans. They are defeated, and become vassals to David.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/strong> The Syrians Overthrown<\/p>\n v. 16. And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river,<\/strong> those from Mesopotamia proper, who had not come down for this campaign; and Shophach<\/strong> (or Shobach), the captain of the host of Hadarezer, went before them,<\/strong> as commander-in-chief of the united Syrian forces. <\/p>\n v. 17. And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel,<\/strong> the entire military forces of his realm, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them,<\/strong> evidently as they were approaching to attack him, and set the battle in array against them. This was at Helam, 2Sa 10:16-17<\/span>. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. <\/p>\n v. 18. But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach, the captain of the host. <\/strong> In combining this account with that of 2Sa 10:18<\/span>, we have the total list of those destroyed: 7,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 40,000 footmen. <\/p>\n v. 19. And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,<\/strong> that they were utterly defeated, having no chance to stand up before David’s men, they made peace with David and became his servants,<\/strong> tributary vassals once more; neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more,<\/strong> Thus the Lord crowns the labor of His believers with success, He lets their battles result in victory, all for the honor of His name, even if the spiritual victories are not always apparent to human eyes. <\/p>\n river = Euphrates. <\/p>\n Hadarezer. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read “Hadadezer”. Compare 1Ch 18:3. <\/p>\n 1Ch 19:16-19<\/p>\n 1Ch 19:16-19<\/p>\n THE SYRIAN ALLIES OF AMMON CRUSHED BY DAVID<\/p>\n “And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head. And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.”<\/p>\n We have thoroughly discussed these nineteen verses in chapter 10 of 2Samuel, where they are found parallel to all that is written here. <\/p>\n E.M. Zerr:<\/p>\n 1Ch 19:16. The Syrians had very little interest in the cause when they entered the alliance with the Ammonites, except the money they were to receive. But the “pride of life” is another strong sentiment, and they were goaded by it into trying once more to “save their face” by calling on their own people for help. The river means the Euphrates, which was one boundary of Mesopotamia. The terms Syria and – Assyria are sometimes used interchangeably because of some points of relation common to both. But when the subject under consideration is strictly geographical and political, Syria was directly north of Palestine and Damascus was the capital. Assyria was east of the Euphrates and Nineveh was the capital. <\/p>\n 1Ch 19:17. When David heard of the new plans of the enemy he did not wait for their advances. Crossing over Jordan, (since that territory was a part of the promised land according to Gen 15:18), he moved on the enemy. <\/p>\n 1Ch 19:18. The chariots mentioned in the Bible usually are vehicles used in war. To state that a number of chariots was slain means the men of those chariots were slain. Some men in the war forces were on foot, and 40,000 of such soldiers were slain by David in the encounter. The captain of all the forces also was slain. <\/p>\n 1Ch 19:19. The servants had offered to fight with the Syrian leaders against David. When they saw that it was a losing battle they came to terms with him. The Syrians realized also that it was foolish to think of overcoming the children of Israel, so they refused any further alliance with the Ammonites.<\/p>\n am 2968, bc 1036, An, Ex, Is, 455 <\/p>\n and drew: Psa 2:1, Isa 8:9, Mic 4:11, Mic 4:12, Zec 14:1-3 <\/p>\n river: that is, Euphrates <\/p>\n Shophach: This variation arises from the permutation of , baith, and , pay; being written in the parallel passage [Strong’s H7731], Shobach, and here [Strong’s H7780], Shophach 2Sa 10:16, Shobach. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 11:23 – Hadadezer Psa 60:1 – when he strove<\/p>\n 19:16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the {h} river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them.<\/p>\n (h) That is, Euphrates.<\/p>\n And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them. 16. the Syrians that were beyond the river ] i.e. the Syrians of “Mesopotamia”; cp. 1Ch … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 19:16”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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