Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

Literal Standard Version

2 Samuel 10:7

and David hears, and sends Joab, and all the host—the mighty men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Joab;   Zobah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Beard, the;   Syria;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beard;   Hadadezer or Hadarezer;   Maacah or Maachah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Joab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ammonite;   Hanun;   Joab;   Medeba;   Nahash;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hadarezer;   Jephthah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Disciples;   Hadad-Ezer;   Maacah;   Samuel, Books of;   Syria;   Tob;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abishai;   Ammon, Ammonites;   Army;   Joab;   Maacah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ambassador;   Ammon, Ammonites, Children of Ammon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hanun;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joab;   Zobah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aram-Maachah;   Hanun;   Joab;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David heard about it and sent Joab and all the elite troops.
Hebrew Names Version
When David heard of it, he sent Yo'av, and all the host of the mighty men.
King James Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
Lexham English Bible
When David heard, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty warriors.
English Standard Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.
New Century Version
When David heard about this, he sent Joab with the whole army.
New English Translation
When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.
Amplified Bible
When David heard about it, he sent Joab and the entire army, the strong and brave men.
New American Standard Bible
When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all the army, the warriors.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab, and all the hoste of the strong men.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David heard of it and sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.
Contemporary English Version
David heard what they had done, and he sent out Joab with all of his well-trained soldiers.
Complete Jewish Bible
When David heard of it, he sent Yo'av with his entire army of trained soldiers.
Darby Translation
And David heard [of it], and he sent Joab, and all the host, the mighty men.
Easy-to-Read Version
David heard about this, so he sent Joab and the whole army of powerful men.
George Lamsa Translation
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.
Good News Translation
David heard of it and sent Joab against them with the whole army.
Literal Translation
And David heard, and he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Whan Dauid herde that, he sent Ioab with all the hoost of ye men of warre.
American Standard Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
Bible in Basic English
And hearing of this, David sent Joab and all the army and the best fighting-men.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab and all the hoast of strong men.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
King James Version (1611)
And when Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab, and all the hoste of the mightie men.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David heard, and sent Joab and all his host, even the mighty men.
English Revised Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
Berean Standard Bible
On hearing of this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Dauid hadde herd this, he sent Joab and al the oost of fiyteris.
Young's Literal Translation
and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host -- the mighty men.
Update Bible Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when David heard of [it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
World English Bible
When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
New King James Version
Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
New Living Translation
When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.
New Life Bible
When David heard about it, he sent Joab and all the army of the powerful men.
New Revised Standard
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army with the warriors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of heroes,
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when David heard this, he sent Joab and the whole army of warriors.
Revised Standard Version
And when David heard of it, he sent Jo'ab and all the host of the mighty men.
THE MESSAGE
When David heard of this, he dispatched Joab with his strongest fighters in full force.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men.

Contextual Overview

6And the sons of Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the sons of Ammon send and hire Aram of Beth-Rehob, and Aram of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah [with] one thousand men, and Ish-Tob [with] twelve thousand men; 7and David hears, and sends Joab, and all the host—the mighty men.8And the sons of Ammon come out, and set in array [for] battle, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba, and Rehob, and Ish-Tob, and Maacah, [are] by themselves in the field; 9and Joab sees that the front of the battle has been to him before and behind, and he chooses [out] of all the chosen in Israel, and sets in array to meet Aram, 10and he has given the rest of the people into the hand of his brother Abishai, and sets in array to meet the sons of Ammon. 11And he says, "If Aram is stronger than I, then you have been for salvation to me, and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I have come to give salvation to you; 12be strong and strengthen yourself for our people, and for the cities of our God, and YHWH does that which is good in His eyes." 13And Joab draws near, and the people who [are] with him, to battle against Aram, and they flee from his presence; 14and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram has fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go into the city; and Joab turns back from the sons of Ammon, and comes to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all the host: 2 Samuel 23:8-39, 1 Chronicles 19:8-19

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:2 - the hand of Joab

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
the name of the first [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold [is],
1 Kings 10:1
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the Name of YHWH, and comes to try him with enigmas,
Psalms 72:10
Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.
Isaiah 21:13
The burden on Arabia. You lodge in a forest in Arabia, || O caravans of Dedanim.
Ezekiel 27:15
Sons of Dedan [are] your merchants, || Many islands [are] the market of your hand, || They sent back horns of ivory and ebony [for] your reward.
Ezekiel 27:22
Merchants of Sheba and Raamah—they [are] your merchants, || They have given the chief of all spices, || And every precious stone, and gold [for] your wares.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when David heard of [it],.... Of the preparation made by the Ammonites to fight with him:

he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men: he sent out Joab his general, and an army under his command, consisting of men of strength, valour, and courage; or all the host and the mighty men, as Kimchi and Ben Melech, the famous mighty men mentioned in 2 Samuel 23:8; he did not think it advisable to wait for the Ammonites, but carried the war into their own country, and, instead of suffering them to invade his dominions, he invaded theirs.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This sufficiently indicates the greatness of the danger to Israel from this formidable league of Ammonites and Syrians.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 10:7. All the host of the mighty — All his worthies, and the flower of his army.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile