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1 Chronicles 19:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you. "

1 Chronicles 19:12

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10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

11 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

12 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you are to help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.

13 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do that which seems good to him.”

14 So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

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2 Samuel 10:11

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"He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you."

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Judges 12:2

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"Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand."

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2 Samuel 10:6

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"When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men."

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Judges 11:6

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"They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”"

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1 Samuel 12:12

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"“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the LORD your God was your king."

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Nehemiah 4:20

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"Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”"

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1 Chronicles 19:1

"After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place."

1 Chronicles 19:2

"David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him."

1 Chronicles 19:3

"But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”"

1 Chronicles 19:4

"So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away."

1 Chronicles 19:5

"Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”"

1 Chronicles 19:6

"When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah."

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