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1. And it came to pass after this[H310], that Nahash[H5176] the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] died[H4191], and 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], because his father[H1] showed[H6213] kindness[H2617] to me[H1732]. So David sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] 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] to Hanun[H2586], to comfort him[H5162].

3. But the princes[H8269] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] said[H559] to Hanun[H2586], Thinkest[H5869] thou that David[H1732] doth honor[H3513] thy father[H1], in that he hath sent[H7971] comforters[H5162] unto thee[H5650]? are not his servants come[H935] unto thee to search[H2713], and to overthrow[H2015], and to spy out[H7270] the land[H776]?

4. So Hanun[H2586] took[H3947] David[H1732]'s servants[H5650], and shaved[H1548] them[H3772], and cut off their garments[H4063] in the middle[H2677], even to their buttocks[H4667], and sent them away[H7971].

5. Then there went[H3212] certain persons[H5046], and told David[H1732] how the men[H582] were served[H7971]. And he sent 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 had made themselves odious[H887] to David[H1732], Hanun[H2586] and the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] sent[H7971] a thousand[H505] talents[H3603] of silver[H3701] to hire[H7936] them chariots[H7393] and horsemen[H6571] out of Mesopotamia[H763], and out of Arammaacah[H758], and out of Zobah[H6678].

7. So they hired[H7936] them thirty[H7970] and two[H8147] thousand[H505] chariots[H7393], and the king[H4428] of Maacah[H4601] and his people[H5971], who came[H935] and encamped[H2583] before[H6440] Medeba[H4311]. And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] gathered themselves together[H622] from their cities[H5892], and came[H935] to battle[H4421].

8. And when David[H1732] heard[H8085] of it[H7971], he sent Joab[H3097], and all the host[H6635] of the mighty men[H1368].

9. And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] came out[H3318], and put the battle[H4421] in array[H6186] at the gate[H6607] of the city[H5892]: and the kings[H4428] that were come[H935] were by themselves in the field[H7704].

10. Now when Joab[H3097] saw[H7200] that the battle[H4421] was set against him before[H6440] and behind[H268], he chose of[H977] all the choice[H977] men of Israel[H3478], and put them in array[H6186] against[H7125] the Syrians[H758].

11. And the rest[H3499] of the people[H5971] he committed[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of Abishai[H52] his brother[H251]; and they put themselves in array[H6186] against[H7125] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983].

12. And he said[H559], If the Syrians[H758] be too strong[H2388] for me[H8668], then thou shalt help me[H1121]; but if the children of Ammon[H5983] be too strong[H2388] for thee[H3467], then I will help thee.

13. 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].

14. So Joab[H3097] and the people[H5971] that were with him drew nigh[H5066] before[H6440] the Syrians[H758] unto the battle[H4421]; and they fled[H5127] before him[H6440].

15. 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] his brother[H251], and entered[H935] into the city[H5892]. Then Joab[H3097] came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389].

16. And when the Syrians[H758] saw[H7200] that they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel[H3478], they sent[H7971] messengers[H4397], and drew forth[H3318] the Syrians[H758] that were beyond[H5676] the River[H5104], with Shophach[H7780] 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[H5674], and passed over the Jordan[H3383], and came[H935] upon them[H6186], and set the battle in array against them[H1732]. So when David had put the battle[H4421] in array[H6186] against[H7125] the Syrians[H758], they 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] thousand[H505] chariots[H7393], and forty[H705] thousand[H505] footmen[H376], and killed[H4191] Shophach[H7780] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635].

19. And when the servants[H5650] of Hadarezer[H1928] saw[H7200] that they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel[H3478], they made peace[H7999] with David[H1732], and served[H5647] him[H14]: neither would the Syrians[H758] help[H3467] the children[H1121] of Ammon any more[H5983].