Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
The children
Bible References
I will shew
1 Samuel 30:26
When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the goods to the elders of Judah, and to his friends. He said: Here is an offering for you from the spoil of those who fought against Jehovah.
2 Samuel 9:1
One day, David thought: I wonder if any of Saul's family is still alive. If they are I will be kind to them. This is because I made a promise to Jonathan.
2 Kings 4:13
he said to Gehazi: Ask her what I can do for her in return for all the trouble she has had in providing for our needs. Maybe she would like me to go to the king or the army commander and put in a good word for her. I have all I need here among my own people, she answered.
Esther 6:3
The king said: What honor and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? The servants waiting on the king said: Nothing has been done for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Now there was found in it a poor wise man. By his wisdom he delivered the city. Yet no man remembered that same poor man.
The children
Genesis 19:37
The older daughter had a son, whom she named Moab. He was the ancestor of the present-day Moabites.
Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of Jehovah. Their descendants to the tenth generation shall not enter the assembly of Jehovah.
Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was with him, and he said: Such is their building that if a fox climbs to the top of it, their stonewall will be broken down.
Nehemiah 13:1
On that day there was a reading from the book of Moses while the people listened. They heard that it said in the book that no Ammonite or Moabite might ever come into the meeting of God at any time.