2 Samuel 10:16

Contextual Overview

¹⁵When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped. ¹⁵ When the Aram saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra'el, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ When the Arameans saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together. ¹⁵ When the Arameans saw that Israel had defeated them, they came together into one big army. ¹⁵ When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. ¹⁵When the Arameans saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered together. ¹⁵ When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they assembled together. ¹⁵ And when the Aramites sawe that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them 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
At the same time the Benjaminites did not drive out the Jebusites who were living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites have lived among the Benjaminites in Jerusalem to this day.

Judges 1:21
The children of Binyamin did not drive out the Yevusi who inhabited Yerushalayim; but the Yevusi dwell with the children of Binyamin in Yerushalayim to this day.

Judges 1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

Judges 1:21
But the descendants of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived among the descendants of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

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

Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin could not make the Jebusite people leave Jerusalem. Since that time the Jebusites have lived with the Benjaminites in Jerusalem.

Judges 1:21
The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.

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

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
But the children of Beniamin did not cast out the Iebusites, that inhabited Ierusalem: therefore the Iebusites dwell 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.