English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Chronicles Book, chapter 19, verse 4 in Lxxen Version

1 Chronicles 19 : 1 (LXXEN)

And it came to pass after this, that Naas the king of the children of Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 19 : 2 (LXXEN)

And David said, I will

Gr. execute mercy with

act kindly toward Anan the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent messengers to

Gr. comfort him concerning

condole with him on the death of his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan, to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 19 : 3 (LXXEN)

And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Anan, Is it to honour thy father before thee, that David has sent

Gr. comforting ones

comforters to thee? Have not his servants come to thee that they might search the city, and to spy out the land?

1 Chronicles 19 : 4 (LXXEN)

And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as

Gr. the tunic

their tunic, and sent them away.

1 Chronicles 19 : 5 (LXXEN)

And there came men to report to David concerning the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and return.

1 Chronicles 19 : 6 (LXXEN)

And the children of Ammon saw that the people of David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal.

1 Chronicles 19 : 7 (LXXEN)

And they hired for themselves two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of their cities, and came to fight.

1 Chronicles 19 : 8 (LXXEN)

And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.

1 Chronicles 19 : 9 (LXXEN)

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.

1 Chronicles 19 : 10 (LXXEN)

And Joab saw that they were fronting him to fight against him before and behind, and he chose some out of all the

Gr. young man

young men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.

1 Chronicles 19 : 11 (LXXEN)

And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

1 Chronicles 19 : 12 (LXXEN)

And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me, then shalt thou

Gr. be for deliverance to me

deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail against thee, then will I deliver thee.

1 Chronicles 19 : 13 (LXXEN)

Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what is good in his eyes.

1 Chronicles 19 : 14 (LXXEN)

So Joab and the people that were with him set themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled from them.

1 Chronicles 19 : 15 (LXXEN)

And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 19 : 16 (LXXEN)

And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar was before them.

1 Chronicles 19 : 17 (LXXEN)

And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So David set his army in array to fight against

Gr. the Syrian

the Syrians, and they fought against him.

1 Chronicles 19 : 18 (LXXEN)

And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand riders in chariots, and forty thousand infantry, and he slew Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces.

1 Chronicles 19 : 19 (LXXEN)

And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were defeated before Israel, and they made

Gr. a covenant

peace with David and served him: and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon.