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2 Samuel 10 General Notes

Structure and formatting

The chapter records the last expansion of David's kingdom. This chapter is also the beginning of a section dealing with the war between Israel and Ammon.

Special concepts in this chapter

####Shame It was apparently the cause of shame or embarrassment in ancient Ammon to have their beards shaved off or to have their garments cut off. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)

Important figures of speech in this chapter

####Metaphor The Ammon people used a metaphor comparing themselves to a bad smell: "they had become a stench to David" when they realized they had made David very angry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

Links:

• 2 Samuel 10:01 Notes

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