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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.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 6. Done. Hebrew “made themselves stinking.” Septuagint “that the people of David were covered with confusion.” The insult fell on all Israel.—Mesopotamia is not mentioned 2 Kennicott. as the troops perhaps did not arrive soon enough for the first battle, verse 16.
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons
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