Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 10:3

3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? Hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spie it out , and to overthrow it?

To observe where the City is weakest, and may soonest be taken. The ground of this suspition was, partly, the Conscience of their ill deserts and carriage towards the Israelites, whose quarrel David had espoused: partly, the opinion they had of David's policy: and partly, the severity of Gods Law particularly against them, Deut. 23. 6. which might easily come to their ears. And they knew David was a zealous asserter of Gods Laws.

Marginal references: Heb. in thine eyes doth David.