📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 19:8
What does 1 Chronicles 19:8 mean?
"When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men."
— 1 Chronicles 19:8 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.
The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose some of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
Explanation
This verse sits within a narrative in 1 Chronicles 19 describing a diplomatic incident that escalated into war. In plain language, it says that when David learned what had happened, he responded by sending his military commander Joab, along with the entire army of his elite warriors, to deal with the situation.
The context is essential to understanding this brief statement. Earlier in the chapter, David had sent envo
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