9And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-19)We may see here, 1. How the hearts of sinners that are marked for ruin are hardened to their destruction. The children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David (1 Chron. 19:6), and then it would have been their wisdom to desire conditions of peace, to humble themselves and offer any satisfaction for the injury they had done him, the rather because they had made themselves not onl…
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