Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

Syria-maachah

Bible References

Had made

Luke 10:16
The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

A thousand

2 Chronicles 16:2
But Asa removed some silver and gold from the treasuries of the LORD's Temple and from his royal palace and sent them to King Ben-hadad of Aram, who lived in Damascus.
2 Chronicles 25:6
He also hired 100,000 elite forces from Israel, paying 100 talents of silver for their services.
2 Chronicles 27:5
He launched a military excursion against the king of the Ammonites and defeated him. As a result, that year the Ammonites paid 100 talents of silver in tribute, as well as 10,000 kors of wheat and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites continued to pay this same amount in tribute over the following two years.
Psalm 46:9
He causes wars to cease all over the earth, he causes the bow to break, the spear to snap, the chariots to ignite and burn.

Syria-maachah

2 Samuel 10:6
When the Ammonites realized that they had created quite a stink with David, they hired 20,000 Aramean mercenaries from Beth-rehob and Zobah, along with the king of Maacah and 1,000 men, and 12,000 men from Tob.

Zobah

2 Chronicles 18:3
King Ahab of Israel asked King Jehoshaphat of Judah, "Will you join me in attacking Ramoth-gilead?"
1 Samuel 14:47
When Saul became king over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side against Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Everywhere he turned he was victorious.
2 Samuel 8:3
David also attacked King Hadadezer, Rehob's son from Zobah, when he was attempting to restore his hegemony over the Euphrates River.
1 Kings 11:23
God also raised up Eliada's son Rezon, who had escaped from his master King Hadadezer of Zobah.

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