Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 19:3

"But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?" — 1 Chronicles 19:3 (ASV)

Are not his servants come... for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? —Literally, Is it not to search ... that his servants have come to you? This is hardly an improvement on Samuel: Is it not to search the city (Rabbath-Ammon, the capital), and to spy it out, and to overthrow it, that David has sent his servants to you? The Syriac and Arabic agree with Samuel in reading “city;” the Septuagint and Vulgate, “land.”