撒母耳记下 10:3

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

亞捫人的眾領袖對他們的主哈嫩說：“大衛差派這些慰問的人到你這裡來，你以為他是尊敬你父親嗎？他派遣臣僕到你這裡來，不是為了要窺探這城，偵察清楚，然後把城傾覆嗎？”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
但 亚 扪 人 的 首 领 对 他 们 的 主 哈 嫩 说 ： 大 卫 差 人 来 安 慰 你 ， 你 想 他 是 尊 敬 你 父 亲 麽 ？ 他 差 臣 仆 来 不 是 详 察 窥 探 、 要 倾 覆 这 城 麽 ？

Contextual Overview

¹ When Nahash king of the Ammonites died, his son Hanun became king after him. ² David said, "Nahash was loyal to me, so I will be loyal to his son Hanun." So David sent his messengers to comfort Hanun about his father's death. David's officers went to the land of the Ammonites. ³ But the Ammonite leaders said to Hanun, their master, "Do you think David wants to honor your father by sending men to comfort you? No! David sent them to study the city and spy it out and capture it!" ⁴ So Hanun arrested David's officers. To shame them he shaved off half their beards and cut off their clothes at the hips. Then he sent them away. ⁵ When the people told David, he sent messengers to meet his officers because they were very ashamed. King David said, "Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back. Then come home."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thinkest thou that David doth: Heb. In thine eyes doth David

not: Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:16, 1 Corinthians 13:5, 1 Corinthians 13:7

Reciprocal: Joshua 2:3 - to search 2 Samuel 3:25 - and to know Romans 2:3 - thinkest

Cross-References

Jeremiah 51:27
"Lift up a banner in the land! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Get the nations ready for battle against Babylon. Call these kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz to fight against her. Choose a commander to lead the army against Babylon. Send so many horses that they are like a swarm of locusts.

Ezekiel 27:14
"‘People of Beth Togarmah traded your goods for work horses, war horses, and mules.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord,.... His nobles and prime ministers, the courtiers that were about him:

thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? could he imagine that David was sincere, and that he really meant to do honour to the memory of his father, and comfort him under the loss of him, by sending his ambassadors to him on such an errand? there was no reason, they thought, to believe this, since an Israelite was forbidden to seek their peace and prosperity, or ask of it, nor might Ammonite enter into their congregation unto the tenth generation, Deuteronomy 23:3; and indeed some have thought that David did not do a right thing in sending this embassy, and was justly requited; but it is certain he acted according to the laws of friendship, and was cordial and sincere in what he did, though these courtiers of Hanun put an ill construction on his conduct, their minds being filled with enmity against the Israelites:

hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee to search the city,

and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? to reconnoitre the place, to observe, as they walked about in it, which were the weakest and most defenceless parts of it, and what avenues there were to it, and which were most accessible, that they might the better know how to attack it, and destroy it; these surmises and suspicions they endeavoured to fill the king's head with, to set him against them, and treat them ill.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The princes ... - Compare Rehoboam’s advisers 1 Kings 12:10-11. It is not improbable that David’s severe treatment of Moab 2 Samuel 8:2 was in part the cause of the fear of the Ammonites that a similar treatment was in store for themselves.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 10:3. Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father — It has been a matter of just complaint through all the history of mankind, that there is little sincerity in courts. Courtiers, especially, are suspicious of each other, and often mislead their sovereigns. They feel themselves to be insincere, and suspect others to be so too.