1 Chronicles 19:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜יד אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־חֶ֣סֶד ׀ עִם־חָנ֣וּן בֶּן־נָחָ֗שׁ כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֨ה אָבִ֤יו עִמִּי֙ חֶ֔סֶד וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛יד מַלְאָכִ֖ים לְנַחֲמ֣וֹ עַל־אָבִ֑יו וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ עַבְדֵ֨י דָוִ֜יד אֶל־אֶ֧רֶץ בְּנֵי־עַמּ֛וֹן אֶל־חָנ֖וּן לְנַחֲמֽוֹ

Transliteration

wə-yōʾmer Dāwîd ʾeʿĕśeh-ḥesed with-Ḥānûn ben-Nāḥāš, because-ʿāśāh ʾābîw with-me ḥesed, wə-yišlaḥ Dāwîd malʾākîm to-comfort-him concerning-ʾābîw. wə-yābōʾû ʿabdê Dāwîd to-ʾereṣ bənê-ʿammôn to-Ḥānûn to-comfort-him

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he said
*Dāwîd*: proper noun, masculine singular - David
*ʾeʿĕśeh-ḥesed*: qal imperfect, 1st singular + noun, masculine singular - I will show/do kindness
*Ḥānûn*: proper noun, masculine singular - Hanun
*ben-Nāḥāš*: noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Nahash
*ʿāśāh*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he did/showed
*ʾābîw*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his father
*ḥesed*: noun, masculine singular - kindness/loyalty/covenant faithfulness
*wə-yišlaḥ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with waw-consecutive - and he sent
*malʾākîm*: noun, masculine plural - messengers/ambassadors
*wə-yābōʾû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural with waw-consecutive - and they came
*ʿabdê*: noun, masculine plural construct - servants of
*ʾereṣ*: noun, feminine singular construct - land of
*bənê-ʿammôn*: noun, masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of/children of Ammon

Word Meanings

*ḥesed*: kindness/loyalty/covenant faithfulness/mercy
*malʾākîm*: messengers/ambassadors/envoys
*nḥm*: to comfort/console/bring comfort

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Referenced Verses

Gen 19:37-38 : 37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
Deut 23:3-6 : 3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: 4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 5 Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. 6 Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever.
1 Sam 30:26 : 26 And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;
2 Sam 9:1 : 1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 Sam 9:7 : 7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Kgs 4:13 : 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
Neh 4:3 : 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Neh 4:7 : 7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Neh 13:1 : 1 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
Esth 6:3 : 3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
Eccl 9:15 : 15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

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1And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
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4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
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