ASV_Strong : 2 Samuel 10
1. And it came to pass after this[H310], that the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] died[H4191], and Hanun[H2586] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
2. And David[H1732] said[H559], I will show[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto Hanun[H2586] the son[H1121] of Nahash[H5176], as his father[H1] showed[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto me[H1732]. So David sent[H7971] by[H3027] his servants[H5650] to comfort[H5162] him concerning his father[H1]. And David[H1732]'s servants[H5650] came[H935] into the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].
3. But the princes[H8269] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] said[H559] unto Hanun[H2586] their lord[H113], Thinkest[H5869] thou that David[H1732] doth honor[H3513] thy father[H1], in that he hath sent[H7971] comforters[H5162] unto thee[H1732]? hath not David sent[H7971] his servants[H5650] unto thee to[H5668] search[H2713] the city[H5892], and to spy it out[H7270], and to overthrow it[H2015]?
4. So Hanun[H2586] took[H3947] David[H1732]'s servants[H5650], and shaved off[H1548] the one half[H2677] of their beards[H2206], and cut off[H3772] their garments[H4063] in the middle[H2677], even to their buttocks[H8357], and sent them away[H7971].
5. When they told[H5046] it unto David[H1732], he sent[H7971] to meet[H7125] them[H582]; for the men were greatly[H3966] ashamed[H3637]. And the king[H4428] said[H559], Tarry[H3427] at Jericho[H3405] until your beards[H2206] be grown[H6779], and then return[H7725].
6. And when the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] saw[H7200] that they were become odious[H887] to David[H1732], the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] sent[H7971] and hired[H7936] the Syrians[H758] of Beth-rehob[H1050], and the Syrians[H758] of Zobah[H6678], twenty[H6242] thousand[H505] footmen[H7273], and the king[H4428] of Maacah[H4601] with a thousand[H505] men[H376], and the men[H376] of Tob twelve[H6240] thousand[H505] men[H376].
7. And when David[H1732] heard[H8085] of it[H7971], he sent Joab[H3097], and all the host[H6635] of the mighty men[H1368].
8. And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] came out[H3318], and put the battle[H4421] in[H6607] array[H6186] at the entrance[H8179] of the gate[H8179]: and the Syrians[H758] of Zobah[H6678] and of Rehob[H7340], and the men of Tob and Maacah[H4601], were by themselves[H905] in the field[H7704].
9. Now when Joab[H3097] saw[H7200] that the battle[H4421] was set[H6440] against him before[H6440] and behind[H268], he chose[H977] of all the choice[H977] men of Israel[H3478], and put them in array[H6186] against[H7125] the Syrians[H758]:
10. And the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] he committed[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of Abishai[H52] his brother[H251]; and he put them in array[H6186] against[H7125] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].
11. And he said[H559], If the Syrians[H758] be too strong[H2388] for me[H3444], then thou shalt help me[H1121]; but if the children of Ammon[H5983] be too strong[H2388] for thee[H1980], then I will come and help thee[H3467].
12. Be of good courage[H2388], and let us play the man[H2388] for our people[H5971], and for the cities[H5892] of our God[H430]: and Jehovah[H3068] do[H6213] that which seemeth[H5869] him good[H2896].
13. So Joab[H3097] and the people[H5971] that were with him drew nigh[H5066] unto the battle[H4421] against the Syrians[H758]: and they fled[H5127] before him[H6440].
14. And when the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] saw[H7200] that the Syrians[H758] were fled[H5127], they likewise fled[H5127] before[H6440] Abishai[H52], and entered[H935] into the city[H5892]. Then Joab[H3097] returned[H7725] from the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389].
15. And when the Syrians[H758] saw[H7200] that they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel[H3478], they gathered[H622] themselves together[H3162].
16. And Hadarezer[H1928] sent[H7971], and brought out[H3318] the Syrians[H758] that were beyond[H5676] the River[H5104]: and they came[H935] to Helam[H2431], with Shobach[H7731] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of Hadarezer[H1928] at their head[H6440].
17. And it was told[H5046] David[H1732]; and he gathered[H622] all Israel[H3478] together[H622], and passed over[H5674] the Jordan[H3383], and came[H935] to Helam[H2431]. And the Syrians[H758] set themselves in array[H6186] against[H7125] David[H1732], and fought with him[H3898].
18. And the Syrians[H758] fled[H5127] before[H6440] Israel[H3478]; and David[H1732] slew[H2026] of the Syrians[H758] the men of seven[H7651] hundred[H3967] chariots[H7393], and forty[H705] thousand[H505] horsemen[H6571], and smote[H5221] Shobach[H7731] the captain[H8269] of their host[H6635], so that he died there[H4191].
19. And when all the kings[H4428] that were servants[H5650] to Hadarezer[H1928] saw[H7200] that they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel[H3478], they made peace[H7999] with Israel[H3478], and served[H5647] them[H758]. So the Syrians feared[H3372] to help[H3467] the children[H1121] of Ammon any more[H5983].
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