1 Chronicles 19:5

Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
went	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
told	וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ vai.ya.Gi.du	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
David	לְדָוִ֤יד le.da.Vid	H1732	David · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
men	הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח vai.yish.Lach	H7971	to send away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
meet	קִרְאָה qirʼâh	H7125	an encountering
men	הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
greatly	מְאֹ֑ד me.'Od	H3966	properly · cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
ashamed	נִכְלָמִ֣ים nikh.la.Mim	H3637	properly · verb, niphal active participle, masculine plural absolute
king	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Tarry	שְׁב֣וּ she.Vu	H3427	properly · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
Jericho	בִֽירֵח֔וֹ vi.re.Cho	H3405	Jericho or Jerecho · preposition + proper noun, a place name
beards	זְקַנְכֶ֖ם ze.kan.Khem	H2206	the beard (as indicating age) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
grown	יְצַמַּ֥ח ye.tza.Mach	H6779	to sprout (transitive or intransitive · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
return	וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם ve.shav.Tem	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Joshua 6:24-26 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put i…
Judges 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.
1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in h…
Matthew 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

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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 19:4

shaved them--not completely, but only the half of their face. This disrespect to the beard, and indecent exposure of their persons by their clothes being cut off from the girdle downwards, was the grossest indignity to which Jews, in common with all Orientals, could be subjected. No wonder that the men were ashamed to appear in public--that the king recommended them to remain in seclusion on the border till the mark of their disgrace had disappeared--and then they might, with propriety, return to the court.

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 19:4

And cut off their garments in the midst - Usque ad eorum, pudenda. So the Targum, Jarchi, and others; leaving exposed what nature and decency require to be concealed. See on Sa2 10:4 (note).

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1

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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 19:1–end

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Dictionary and topics

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…

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).

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Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 19:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 19:4

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 19:4

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 19:1–end

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Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 19:1-5

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 19:4

Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 19:4

John Gill on 1 Chronicles 19:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 19:1–end

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Rashi on 1 Chronicles 19:4