SEV Biblia, Chapter 20:1
¶ Y aconteció a la vuelta del año, en el tiempo que suelen los reyes salir a la guerra , que Joab sacó las fuerzas del ejército, y destruyó la tierra de los hijos de Amón, y vino y cercó a Rabá. Mas David estaba en Jerusalén; y Joab batió a Rabá, y la destruyó.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:1
Verse 1. After the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle] About the spring of the year; see the note on 2 Sam. xi. 1. After this verse the parallel place in Samuel relates the whole story of David and Bath-sheba, and the murder of Uriah, which the compiler of these books passes over as he designedly does almost every thing prejudicial to the character of David. All he states is, but David tarried at Jerusalem; and, while he thus tarried, and Joab conducted the war against the Ammonites, the awful transactions above referred to took place.
Matthew Henry Commentary
David's wars.
--Though the Lord will severely correct the sins of his believin people, he will not leave them in the hands of their enemies. Hi assistance will overcome all advantages of number and strength of thos that defy his Israel. All that trust in Christ, shall be made more tha conquerors through him that loveth them.
David's numbering the people.
--No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, neither of the troubles that followed it: they had no needfu connexion with the subjects here noted. But David's sin, in numberin the people, is related: in the atonement made for that sin, there wa notice of the place on which the temple should be built. The command to David to build an altar, was a blessed token of reconciliation. God testified his acceptance of David's offerings on this altar. Thu Christ was made sin, and a curse for us; it pleased the Lord to bruis him, that through him, God might be to us, not a consuming Fire, but reconciled God. It is good to continue attendance on those ordinance in which we have experienced the tokens of God's presence, and have found that he is with us of a truth. Here God graciously met me therefore I will still expect to meet him __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויהי 1961 לעת 6256 תשׁובת 8666 השׁנה 8141 לעת 6256 צאת 3318 המלכים 4428 וינהג 5090 יואב 3097 את 853 חיל 2426 הצבא 6635 וישׁחת 7843 את 853 ארץ 776 בני 1121 עמון 5983 ויבא 935 ויצר 6696 את 853 רבה 7237 ודויד 1732 ישׁב 3427 בירושׁלם 3389 ויך 5221 יואב 3097 את 853 רבה 7237 ויהרסה׃ 2040
