King James Version
1 Chronicles 19:8 in the King James Version says “And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.”
1 Chronicles 19:8 · KJV
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah , and out of Zobah. odious: Heb. to stink
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
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.
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. the battle: Heb. the face of the battle was choice: or, young men
KJV Study — Public Domain
“heard”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of it he sent”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and all the host”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
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