1 Chronicles 19:3
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, "Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?"
Sermons
The Evil of the Suspicious MindR. Tuck 1 Chronicles 19:3
David and HanunF. Whitfield 1 Chronicles 19:1-5
SuspicionsJ. Reid Howatt.1 Chronicles 19:1-5
The Menage of CondolenceJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 19:1-5
A Bundle of MistakesW. Clarkson 1 Chronicles 19:1-19














Shown by the counsellors of Hanun. Observe the difficulty men find when they attempt to estimate motives; and the sad tendency of depraved human nature to light upon, and to prefer, the evil motive as the explanation of conduct. These points may be readily illustrated by instances within the experience of every preacher. It may be shown that -

I. THINGS MAY LOOK WELL WITHOUT BEING WELL, and that therefore -

II. THERE IS ALWAYS NEED OF DUE CAUTION LEST WE SHOULD BE DECEIVED. But it should be carefully shown and impressed -

III. THAT THE SUSPICIOUS HABIT OF MIND EASILY FANCIES THERE IS EVIL IN WHAT WAS MEANT WELL. Then it may be shown that the suspicious habit is only a reflection of a man's own conscious untrustworthiness or badness. We suspect in others what we know there would have been in the act if we ourselves had done it. These mean and low-natured counsellors of Hanun measured David by the measure of their own meanness. They would have taken such an opportunity to spy out a neighbour's land; so they felt sure that David had a deceptive and hostile intention. When we do not go this length, we sometimes assume evil by establishing some general principle, by which we force an explanation to everything; without being prepared to allow exceptions in individual cases. The mischief of the suspicious temper in society and in the Church may be fully illustrated; especially its influence in starting jealousy and creating enmity, and separating "very friends." From the incident connected with the verse show how it may even lead to terrible miseries for many. Press that the suspicious temper grows on a man, dwarfing and crushing out the trustfulness which, toned by wisdom, is man's true dignity and blessedness, and the basis of good social relations. - R.T.

Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him.
I. THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT.

II. THE METHOD IN WHICH THEY FOUGHT.

1. A wise economy of forces.

2. A determination to render mutual help.

III. THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THEY FOUGHT.

1. Of exalted courage.

2. Of true patriotism.

3. Of submission to God.

(J. Wolfendale.)

People
Abishai, Ammonites, Aram, David, Hadadezer, Hadarezer, Hanun, Joab, Maacah, Maachah, Nahash, Shophach, Syrians
Places
Aram-maacah, Edom, Euphrates River, Jericho, Jerusalem, Jordan River, Maacah, Medeba, Mesopotamia, Zobah
Topics
Ammon, Ammonites, Chiefs, Clear, Comforters, David, Explore, Express, Hanun, Haven't, Heads, Honor, Honoring, Honors, Honour, Honouring, Nobles, Observation, Order, Overcome, Overthrow, Princes, Search, Secret, Seem, Sending, Servants, Sons, Spy, Sympathy, Thinkest
Outline
1. David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun, are villainously treated
6. The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai
16. Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians, is slain by David

Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Chronicles 19:3

     5552   spies

1 Chronicles 19:1-4

     5910   motives, examples

1 Chronicles 19:1-5

     5893   insults
     8340   self-respect

1 Chronicles 19:2-3

     5723   nobles

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Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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