1 Chronicles 19:3

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
princes	שָׂרֵ֨י sa.Rei	H8269	a head person (of any rank or class) · noun, common masculine plural construct
children	בְנֵי ve.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Ammon	עַמּ֜וֹן a.Mon	H5983	Ammon · proper noun, a man's name
said	וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
Hanun	לְחָנ֗וּן le.cha.Nun	H2586	Chanun · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
Thinkest	בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ be.'ei.Nei.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
David	דָּוִ֤יד da.Vid	H1732	David · proper noun, a man's name
honour	הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד ham.kha.Bed	H3513	to be heavy · interrogative particle + verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
father	אָבִ֙יךָ֙ 'a.Vi.kha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
sent	שָׁלַ֥ח sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
comforters	מְנַחֲמִ֑ים me.na.cha.Mim	H5162	properly · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
servants	עֲבָדָ֖יו 'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
come	בָּ֥אוּ Ba.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
search	לַחְקֹ֨ר lach.Kor	H2713	properly · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
overthrow	וְלַהֲפֹ֤ךְ ve.la.ha.Fokh	H2015	to turn about or over · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
out	וּלְרַגֵּל֙ u.le.ra.Gel	H7270	to walk along · conjunction + preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct
land	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 42:9-18 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Joshua 2:1-3 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into…
Judges 1:23-24 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Judges 18:2 And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, a…
Judges 18:8-10 And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
1 Samuel 29:4 And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he m…
1 Samuel 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philist…
1 Kings 12:8-11 But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which…

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 19:1-5

Let us here observe, 1. That is becomes good people to be neighbourly, and especially to be grateful. David will pay respect to Hanun because he is his neighbour; and religion teaches us to be civil and obliging to all, to honour all men, and to be ready to do all offices of kindness to those we live among; nor must difference in religion be any obstruction to this. But, besides this, David remembered the kindness which his father showed to him. Those that have received kindness must return it as they have ability and opportunity: those that have received it from the parents must return it to the children when they are gone. 2. That, as saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedet…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 19:3

are not his servants come unto thee for to search?--that is, thy capital, Rabbah (Sa2 10:3).

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 19:1

Now it came to pass - See the same history, Sa2 10:1 (note), etc., and the notes there.

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1

See Chapter Introduction

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 19:1–end

See Chapter Introduction Next: 1 Chronicles Chapter 20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 19:1-7

The new Ammonite ruler, Hanun, took exception to Israel’s presence so close to his nation. The Ammonites hired Aramean armies from the north, and these combined forces assembled at Medeba to challenge David’s control of Moab’s plateau.

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Dictionary and topics

Ammon — Another form of the name Ben-ammi, the son of Lot (Gen. 19:38). This name is also used for his posterity (Ps. 83:7).
Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
Motive · .David’s, by King Ha — .David’s, by King Ha

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).