2 Samuel 10:3

2 Samuel 10:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
• New International Version (NIV)the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city and to spy it out and to overthrow it?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”

Context of 2 Samuel 10:3

1Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king. 2David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death. But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon, the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!” 4So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame. 5When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to tell the men, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.

2 Samuel 10:3 word by word

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ שָׂרֵ֨י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֜וֹן אֶל־חָנ֣וּן אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֗ם הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֥ח לְךָ֖ מְנַֽחֲמִ֑ים הֲ֠לוֹא בַּעֲב֞וּר חֲק֤וֹר אֶת־הָעִיר֙ וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ וּלְהָפְכָ֔הּ שָׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־עֲבָדָ֖יו אֵלֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Hanunחָנוּןchânûn · HanunH2586
• their lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• Thinkestעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• thou that Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• doth honourכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: honourH3513
• thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• that he hath sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• comfortersנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162
• his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• unto thee, toעָבוּר‛âbûr ‛âbûr · for the sake ofH5668
• searchחָקַרchâqar · to searchH2713
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and to spy it outרָגַלrâgal · to spyH7270
• and to overthrowהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 10:3

• Genesis 42:9And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:5or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 10:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father - It has been a matter of just complaint through all the history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts. Courtiers, especially, are suspicious of each other, and often mislead their sovereigns. They feel themselves to be insincere, and suspect others to be so too.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The princes … - Compare Rehoboam‘s advisers 1 Kings 12:10-11. It is not improbable that David‘s severe treatment of Moab 2 Samuel 8:2 was in part the cause of the fear of the Ammonites that a similar treatment was in store for themselves.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5The king of Ammon insulted David’s ambassadors, which led to two battles between Israel and Ammon (2 Samuel 10:6–12:31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun--Their suspicion was not warranted either by any overt act or by any cherished design of David: it must have originated in their knowledge of the denunciations of God's law against them (De 23:3-6), and of David's policy in steadfastly adhering to it.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 10:3

• Accusation, False
• Mortification
• Motive
• Uncharitableness

In the dictionaries

• Ammon
• David
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Ammon, Ammonite
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hadarezer
• Hanun
• Bible, the
• Hadadezer
• Israel, History of

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