2 Samuel 10:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁵After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. ¹⁵ After the Arameans saw that they had been routed by Israel, they regrouped. ¹⁵Then the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel. So they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ And whe the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them together. ¹⁵ When the Arameans saw that the Israelites had defeated them, they came together into one big army. ¹⁵ And Syria saw that it was stricken before Israel. And they assembled. ¹⁵ But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ And when the Syrians sawe that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselues together.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Hadarezer: 2 Samuel 8:3-8, 1 Chronicles 18:3, 1 Chronicles 18:5

the river: i.e. Euphrates

Shobach: or, Shophach, 1 Chronicles 19:16

Reciprocal: Psalms 48:4 - General Psalms 60:1 - when he strove

Cross-References

Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, failed to dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

Judges 1:21
The Benjamites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites.

Judges 1:21
keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Judges 1:21
But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Judges 1:21
And the children of Beniamin did not cast out the Iebusites that inhabited Hierusalem: but the Iebusites dwell with the children of Beniamin in Hierusalem vnto this day.

Judges 1:21
The tribe of Benjamin could not force the Jebusites to leave Jerusalem. So even today, the Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem.

Judges 1:21
And the sons of Benjamin did not dispossess the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. And the Jebusites live with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem until this day.

Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jeb'usites who dwelt in Jerusalem; so the Jeb'usites have dwelt with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Judges 1:21
The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

Judges 1:21
And the children of Beniamin did not driue out the Iebusites that inhabited Ierusalem: but the Iebusites dwel with the children of Beniamin in Ierusalem, vnto this day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Hadarezer sent,.... The same with Hadadezer, 2 Samuel 8:3, who was at the head of this confederacy, and to whom the rest of the kings of Syria were servants, 2 Samuel 10:19;

and brought out the Syrians that [were] beyond the river; the river Phrat or Euphrates, as the Targum; so the Arabic version and Josephus y, who says, that he hired them:

and they came to Helam; which, according to the same writer, was king of the Syrians beyond Euphrates; but it seems to be the name of a place, where was the general rendezvous of the Syrian army. Junius conjectures that it is the same with the Alamatha of Ptolemy z, which he places with the Trachonite Arabs near the Euphrates:

and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them: before the whole combined army, which according to Josephus a, consisted of eighty thousand foot, and ten thousand horse: this general is called Shophach, 1 Chronicles 19:16 the letters "B" and "P" being of the same pronunciation in the Hebrew tongue, as Kimchi observes, though it is there read "Shobach", in the Syriac and Arabic versions; he was no doubt a very able, valiant, and skilful general, since he is particularly mentioned by name, and whose name was then famous; the Arabic version calls him a spear bearer of Hadarezer.

y Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 6.) sect. 3. z Geograph. l. 5. c. 15. a Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 6. sect. 3.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Helam - The place is unknown. Some prefer the translation of the Latin Vulgate: “their host came.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 10:16. The Syrians that were beyond the river — That is, the Euphrates.

Hadarezer — This is the same that was overthrown by David, 2 Samuel 8:3 and there called Hadadezer; which is the reading here of about thirty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. But the ר resh and ד daleth are easily interchanged.