SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:16
Y envió Hadad-ezer, y sacó los Sirios que estaban al otro lado del río, los cuales vinieron a Helam, llevando por capitán a Sobac general del ejército de Hadad-ezer.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 10:16
Verse 16. The Syrians that were beyond the river] That is, the Euphrates. Hadarezer] This is the same that was overthrown by David, chap. viii. 3 and there called Hadadezer; which is the reading here of about thirty of Kennicott's and Deuteronomy Rossi's MSS. But the r resh and d daleth are easily interchanged.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 16. And Hadarezer sent , etc.] The same with Hadadezer, ( Samuel 8:3), who was at the head of this confederacy, and to whom the rest of the kings of Syria were servants, ( 2 Samuel 10:19); and brought out the Syrians that [were] beyond the river ; the river Phrat or Euphrates, as the Targum; so the Arabic version and Josephus f168 , who says, that he hired them: and they came to Helam ; which, according to the same writer, was king of the Syrians beyond Euphrates; but it seems to be the name of a place, where was the general rendezvous of the Syrian army. Junius conjectures that it is the same with the Alamatha of Ptolemy f169 , which he places with the Trachonite Arabs near the Euphrates: and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them : before the whole combined army, which according to Josephus f170 , consisted of eighty thousand foot, and ten thousand horse: this general is called Shophach, ( 1 Chronicles 19:16) the letters “B” and “P” being of the same pronunciation in the Hebrew tongue, as Kimchi observes, though it is there read “Shobach”, in the Syriac and Arabic versions; he was no doubt a very able, valiant, and skilful general, since he is particularly mentioned by name, and whose name was then famous; the Arabic version calls him a spear bearer of Hadarezer.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-19 - Here is a new attempt of the Syrians. Even the baffled cause will make head as long as there is any life in it; the enemies of the Son of David do so. But now the promise made to Abraham, Ge 15:18, an repeated to Joshua, Jos 1:4, that the borders of Israel should exten to the river Euphrates, was performed. Learn hence, that it is dangerous to help those who have God against them; for when they fall their helpers will fall with them __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
וישׁלח 7971 הדדעזר 1909 ויצא 3318 את 853 ארם 758 אשׁר 834 מעבר 5676 הנהר 5104 ויבאו 935 חילם 2431 ושׁובך 7731 שׂר 8269 צבא 6635 הדדעזר 1909 לפניהם׃ 6440
