God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 10:15
15Realizing that Israel had defeated them, the Arameans reassembled ⌞their troops⌟.
2 Samuel 10:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
- New International Version (NIV)After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered together.
Context of 2 Samuel 10:15
13Then Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, and the Arameans fled. 14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, the Ammonites fled from Abishai and went into the city. So Joab stopped his campaign against the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem. Realizing that Israel had defeated them, the Arameans reassembled ⌞their troops⌟. 16Hadadezer sent ⌞messengers⌟ to get Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River. The Arameans came to Helam with Shobach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them. 17When David was told ⌞about this⌟, he assembled Israel’s army, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans formed a battle line against David’s ⌞troops⌟ and fought him.
Read all of 2 Samuel 102 Samuel 10:15 word by word
וַיַּ֣רְא אֲרָ֔ם כִּ֥י נִגַּ֖ף לִפְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּאָסְפ֖וּ יָֽחַד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 10:15
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Isaiah 8:9Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen, all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle, but be terrified. Prepare for battle, but be terrified.
- Micah 4:11But now many nations gather against you. They say, “Let’s dishonor Zion and gloat over it.”
- Zechariah 14:2I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem for battle. The city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half of the people in the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people won’t be taken from the city.
- Revelation 19:19I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 10:15
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 Here is a new attempt of the Syrians. Even the baffled cause will make head as long as there is any life in it; the enemies of the Son of David do so. But now the promise made to Abraham, Ge 15:18, and repeated to Joshua, Jos 1:4, that the borders of Israel should extend to the river Euphrates, was performed. Learn hence, that it is dangerous to help those who have God against them; for when they fall, their helpers will fall with them.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-19After the break in 2 Samuel 9, the story goes back to David's military successes. The Ammonites were likely the dominant political power in Transjordan (the area east of the Jordan) during Saul’s reign and the early years of David’s reign.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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