Whenever you really feel trapped or underneath risk, fearful or afraid, overwhelmed or powerless: be sturdy; face the state of affairs head-on; do what must be achieved; belief God to do what’s finest. No quantity of fear or worry can change your state of affairs. However God has the ability to assist. So, give it over to Him. There isn’t any one higher to belief together with your life.
David Makes Syria a Vassal State –2 Samuel 10:1-19 (1 Chronicles 19)
In 2 Samuel 8 and 1 Chronicles 18 we learn concerning the growth of Israel underneath David’s rule. Then, within the following chapters we are going to get extra particulars about every battle. Second Samuel 10 is the account of why Syria got here out in opposition to Israel and the way the southeastern a part of the nation got here underneath Israel’s management.
Nahash, king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king. The Ammonites had a checkered historical past with Israel. Since they had been descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot, God gave them the land east of Gad and East Manasseh, in what’s now northern Jordan. God forbid the Israelites to assault them or take possession of their land (Deuteronomy 2:19). However early in Saul’s reign, Nahash besieged Jabesh-gilead, in East Manasseh, and by defeating their attackers, Saul gained the assist of those that initially refused to comply with him. (1 Samuel 11). This battle solidified his place as Israel’s king, and the Ammonites remained his enemies.
However apparently, Nahash had been form to David (1 Chronicles 19:2). Since there isn’t any report of him ever coping with the Ammonite king, we assume he should have helped David in some unspecified time in the future when Saul was attempting to kill him. Since Saul was Nahash’s enemy, he should have taken David’s facet within the battle.
So, David despatched a few of his servants to pay his respects to Hanun after his father’s loss of life as a result of he wished to return the kindness the king had proven to him. However the brand new king’s shut advisors had been suspicious and satisfied Hanun that David had actually despatched the lads to spy out the land considering they had been weak since their longtime king was gone. Offering that Saul served as Israel’s king for 40 years and David served Judah solely for seven years earlier than turning into the king of Israel, Nahash had been king of the Ammonites for a minimum of 50 years.
Believing David’s servants had been spies, Hanun mocked them by shaving half their beards and chopping the buttocks out of their garments. The boys had been so embarrassed, they didn’t wish to return house. When David heard what occurred, he advised the lads to remain in Jericho till their beards grew again. Then, they may return house with dignity.
Within the meantime, the Ammonites knew they wouldn’t get away with embarrassing David’s servants with no combat. So, they paid 1,000 abilities of silver (75 kilos) for mercenary troopers from Mesopotamia, Zobah, Tob, and Maacah (all Syrian cities). In 2 Samuel 10:6 it says there have been 20,000 foot-soldiers from the far north, 1,000 from Maacah which was a city on the northern border of East Manasseh, and 12,000 males from Tob, which was on their jap border. That was a complete of 33,000 troopers. However in 1 Chronicles 19:7 it says there have been 32,000 chariots, together with the king of Maacah and his military. Since Maacah’s military consisted of 1,000 males, each accounts clarify that the Ammonites employed 33,000 troopers to assist them within the battle with Israel.
When David heard they’d come out to combat, he despatched a military to satisfy them. However the two armies had been cut up. The Ammonites had been on the entrance of the capital gate in Rabbah, and the mercenaries had been camped in Medeba, about 20 miles southwest of them within the fields. When Joab realized they had been hemmed in on each side, he put his brother Abishai answerable for the Ammonites and charged himself with the mercenaries. Their armies would combat to defend the individuals and the land the Lord had given them and so they trusted God for the victory.
With a plan in place to assist if both of them wanted it, Joab’s military attacked, and the mercenaries shortly started to flee. When the Ammonites noticed that their reinforcement was working away, they fled too. They may not defeat Israel on their very own, and since their cash couldn’t purchase braveness for the Syrians, they’d no selection however to desert the combat.
However it solely seemed just like the Syrians weren’t going to combat. They only wished reinforcements of their very own. So, they despatched for the Syrians who lived on the opposite facet of the Euphrates River. The boys got here and gathered with their countrymen seven miles north of Tob, within the city of Halem. Their chief, Hadadezer was the one we examine in 2 Samuel 8:3-6 and 1 Chronicles 18:3-7 and these are the small print of that battle.
When David heard that the Syrians had not given up, he crossed again over the Jordan River and traveled northeast in the direction of the Euphrates River to exert his energy over them. As soon as David’s military attacked, Hadadezer’s military fled, too. However not earlier than they killed his commander, Shophach, together with virtually 50,000 troopers. This defeat satisfied the Syrians to not assist the Ammonites anymore, and so they submitted themselves to Israel who made them a vassal state.
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