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Young's Literal Translation

1 Chronicles 19:9

and the sons of Ammon come out and set battle in array at the opening of the city, and the kings who have come [are] by themselves in the field.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hadadezer;   Joab;   Medeba;   Zobah;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hanun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Medeba;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hadarezer;   Medeba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Maacah;   Medeba;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Joab;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Medeba;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Ammonites marched out and lined up in battle formation at the entrance of the city while the kings who had come were in the field by themselves.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of `Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
King James Version
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
English Standard Version
And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
New Century Version
The Ammonites came out and prepared for battle at the city gate. The kings who had come to help were out in the field by themselves.
New English Translation
The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Amplified Bible
The Ammonites came out and lined up in battle formation at the entrance of the city [Medeba], while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
World English Bible
The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Ammon came out, and set their battell in aray at the gate of the citie. And the Kings that were come, were by them selues in the fielde.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the city. But the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Berean Standard Bible
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
Contemporary English Version
The Ammonite troops marched to the entrance of the city and prepared for battle, while the Syrian troops took their positions in the open fields.
Complete Jewish Bible
The army of ‘Amon came out and went into battle formation at the city gate, while the kings who had come were alone in the countryside.
Darby Translation
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the city; and the kings that had come were by themselves on the field.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Ammonites came out and got ready for battle. They were near the city gate. The kings who had come to help stayed out in the fields by themselves.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Ammon came out and set the battle in array before the gate of the city; and the kings who had come to them and their armies were encamping by themselves in the fields.
Good News Translation
The Ammonites marched out and took up their position at the entrance to Rabbah, their capital city, and the kings who had come to help took up their position in the open countryside.
Lexham English Bible
And the Ammonites went out and took up positions for battle at the entrance of the city. And the kings who had come were alone in the field.
Literal Translation
And the Ammonites came out and set the battle in order at the entrance to the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the childre of Ammon were gone forth, and prepared them selues to the battayll before the gate of the cite. But the kynges yt were come, kepte them asyde in the felde.
American Standard Version
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
Bible in Basic English
So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the kings who had come were stationed by themselves in the field.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Ammon came out, and put them selues in aray to battayle before the gate of the citie: And ye kinges that were come, kept them by them selues backe in the fielde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battell in aray before the gate of the citie, and the kings that were come, were by themselues in the field.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Ammon came forth, and set themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.
English Revised Version
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the sones of Amon yeden out, and dressiden scheltrun bisidis the yate of the citee; but the kyngis, that weren comen to helpe, stoden asidis half in the feeld.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that had come were by themselves in the field.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that had come [were] by themselves in the field.
New King James Version
Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array before the gate of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
New Living Translation
The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city, while the other kings positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.
New Life Bible
The sons of Ammon came out and were ready for battle at the city gate. The kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
New Revised Standard
The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Ammon came out, and set in array for the battle, at the opening of the city, - whereas, the kings who had come, were by themselves, in the field.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Ammon came out and put their army in array before the gate of the city: and the kings, that were come to their aid, stood apart in the field.
Revised Standard Version
And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.
THE MESSAGE
The Ammonites marched out and spread out in battle formation at the city gate; the kings who had come as allies took up a position in the open fields. When Joab saw that he had two fronts to fight, before and behind, he took his pick of the best of Israel and deployed them to confront the Arameans. The rest of the army he put under the command of Abishai, his brother, and deployed them to deal with the Ammonites. Then he said, "If the Arameans are too much for me, you help me; and if the Ammonites prove too much for you, I'll come and help you. Courage! We'll fight might and main for our people and for the cities of our God. And God will do whatever he sees needs doing!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

Contextual Overview

6 And the sons of Ammon see that they have made themselves abhorred by David, and Hanun and the sons of Ammon send a thousand talents of silver, to hire to them, from Aram-Naharaim, and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen; 7 and they hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they come in and encamp before Medeba, and the sons of Ammon have been gathered out of their cities, and come in to the battle. 8 And David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host of the mighty men, 9 and the sons of Ammon come out and set battle in array at the opening of the city, and the kings who have come [are] by themselves in the field. 10 And Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him, before and behind, and he chooseth out of all the choice in Israel, and setteth in array to meet Aram, 11 and the remnant of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set in array to meet the sons of Ammon. 12 And he saith, `If Aram be stronger than I, then thou hast been to me for salvation; and if the sons of Ammon be stronger than thou, then I have saved thee; 13 be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.' 14 And Joab draweth nigh, and the people who [are] with him, before Aram to battle, and they flee from his face; 15 and the sons of Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee -- they also -- from the face of Abishai his brother, and go in to the city. And Joab cometh in to Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

put the battle: 1 Samuel 17:2, 2 Samuel 18:4, 2 Chronicles 13:3, 2 Chronicles 14:10, Isaiah 28:6, Jeremiah 50:42, Joel 2:5

the kings: 2 Samuel 10:8, 1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:24

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 10:11 - General 1 Chronicles 19:11 - and they set 1 Chronicles 19:17 - and set

Cross-References

Genesis 11:6
and Jehovah saith, `Lo, the people [is] one, and one pronunciation [is] to them all, and this it hath dreamed of doing; and now, nothing is restrained from them of that which they have purposed to do.
Genesis 13:12
Abram hath dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot hath dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and tenteth unto Sodom;
Genesis 19:7
and saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;
Genesis 19:8
lo, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within the shadow of my roof.'
Genesis 19:19
lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me, and I have died;
Genesis 19:22
haste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city Zoar.
Genesis 19:26
And his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!
Genesis 19:28
and he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
Exodus 2:14
and he saith, `Who set thee for a head and a judge over us? to slay me art thou saying [it], as thou hast slain the Egyptian?' and Moses feareth, and saith, `Surely the thing hath been known.'
1 Samuel 2:16
and the man saith unto him, `Let them surely make a perfume (as to-day) with the fat, then take to thee as thy soul desireth;' and he hath said to him, `Surely now thou dost give; and if not -- I have taken by strength.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

See Gill "1Ch 19:1".


 
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