Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

messengers to comfort = consolers.

Mesopotamia. Heb, 'Aram-naharaim = Syria of the two rivers.

chariots = cavalry. Used of men as well as horses, see 1 Chronicles 19:18 . Compare 2 Samuel 10:6 .

gate = entrance.

was set against him = confronted him.

children = sons.

river = Euphrates.

Hadarezer. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Hadadezer". Compare 1 Chronicles 18:3 .

chariots. See note on 1 Chronicles 19:7 , and compare 2 Samuel 10:18 .