Why would we have thought that one should seek the peace of Amon and Mo'av (See Sifsei Chachamim)?
Rashi: Seeing as, in Pasuk 17, in connection with an Eved who flees from his master in Chutz la'Aretz and comes to you for asylum, the Torah writes "Imcha Yeishev be'Kirbecha ... ba'Tov lo", it informs us here that an Amoni and a Mo'avi may not be treated in the same way.
What is "Lo Sidrosh Sh'lomam ve'Tovasam" referring to?
Rashi (in Melachim 2, 3:19): "Lo Sidrosh Tovasam refers to the trees of Amon and Mo'av, which one is permitted to cut down during a siege.
Sifri: "Sh'lomam" refers to sending them peace terms before attacking them, and "Tovasam", to not taunting him, neither of which apply to the people of Amon and Mo'av 1 .
Sifri: See Torah Temimah, note 31.
What are the implications of " ... ad Olam"?
