Hanun
Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent
to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon....
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And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their
lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he
hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent
his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out,
and to overthrow it?...
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The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah;
they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks
thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the
wall unto the dung gate....
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Hanun was a king of Ammon described in 2 Samuel. Upon the
death of his father Nahash, Hanun ascended to the throne of
the Ammonites. When King David sent ambassadors to convey his
condolences, Hanun reversed his father's pro-David policy and
humiliated the emissaries, stripping them of their clothes and
shaving half of their beards. He joined ...
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ha'-nun (chanun, "favored," "pitied"):
(1) A son and successor of Nahash, king of Ammon. Upon the
death of Nahash, David sent sympathetic communications to
Hanun, which were misinterpreted and the messengers
dishonored. Because of this indignity, David waged a war
against him, which caused the Ammonites to lose their
independence (2 Sam 10:1 f...
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-Successor of Nahash as king of Ammon, dishonors David's
ambassadors
2Sa 10; 1Ch 19...
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(favored).
1. Son of Nahash 2Sa 10:1,2; 1Ch 19:1,2 king of Ammon,
who dishonored the ambassadors of David, 2Sa 10:4 and involved
the Ammonites in a disastrous war, 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 19:6 (B.C.
1035.)
2. A man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the
ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem. Ne 3:13 (B.C. 446).
3. The sixth son of Zalalph, who a...
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graciously given. (1.) The son and successor of Nahash, king
of
Moab. David's messengers, sent on an embassy of
condolence to
him to Rabbah Ammon, his capital, were so grossly
insulted that
he proclaimed war against Hanun. David's army, under
the command
of Joab, forthwith crossed the Jordan, and gained a
complete
victory over the Moabite...
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1. Son of Nahash, king of Ammon 1037 B.C. David had in his
outlawry by Saul received kindness from Nahash; naturally, as
Nahash was (1 Samuel 11) Saul's enemy and neighbour of Moab
with which David's descent from the Moabitess Ruth connected
him. He therefore at Nahash's death sent a message of
condolence to his son Hanun. As gratitude, kindne...
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