2 Samuel 17:27 shows Shobi the Ammonite aiding David, contrasting the hostility in chapter 10 with later reconciliation.

1 Chronicles 19:1-3 gives a parallel account of the same event—David's condolences to Hanun—with slightly different details.

Genesis 19:38 traces the Ammonites' origin from Lot's daughter, providing the ancestral background for the nation in 2 Samuel 10.

Judges 10:7-9 recounts Ammonite oppression of Israel, showing the longstanding hostility that frames David's conflict in 2 Samuel 10.

1 Samuel 11:1-3 describes Nahash the Ammonite's cruel siege, illustrating the persistent Ammonite threat that later escalates in David's reign.

Amos 1:13 pronounces divine judgment on Ammon for their atrocities, revealing the moral backdrop to the conflict that follows.