King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now it came to pass[H1961] after[H310] this,[H3651] that Nahash[H5176] the king[H4428] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] died,[H4191] and his son[H1121] reigned[H4427] in his stead.[H8478]

2. And David[H1732] said,[H559] I will show[H6213] kindness[H2617] unto[H5973] Hanun[H2586] the son[H1121] of Nahash,[H5176] because[H3588] his father[H1] showed[H6213] kindness[H2617] to[H5973] me. And David[H1732] sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to comfort[H5162] him concerning[H5921] his father.[H1] So the servants[H5650] of David[H1732] came[H935] into[H413] the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] to[H413] Hanun,[H2586] to comfort[H5162] him.

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] [H853] thy father,[H1] that[H3588] he hath sent[H7971] comforters[H5162] unto thee? are not[H3808] his servants[H5650] come[H935] unto[H413] thee for[H5668] to search,[H2713] and to overthrow,[H2015] and to spy out[H7270] the land?[H776]

4. Wherefore Hanun[H2586] took[H3947] [H853] David's[H1732] servants,[H5650] and shaved[H1548] them, and cut off[H3772] [H853] their garments[H4063] in the midst[H2677] hard by[H5704] their buttocks,[H4667] and sent them away.[H7971]

5. Then there went[H1980] certain, and told[H5046] David[H1732] how[H5921] the men[H376] were served. And he sent[H7971] to meet[H7125] them: for[H3588] the men[H376] were[H1961] greatly[H3966] ashamed.[H3637] And the king[H4428] said,[H559] Tarry[H3427] at Jericho[H3405] until[H5704] [H834] your beards[H2206] be grown,[H6779] and then return.[H7725]

6. And when the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] saw[H7200] that[H3588] they had made themselves odious[H887] to[H5973] 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[H4480] Mesopotamia,[H763] and out of[H4480] Syria-maachah,[H758] [H4601] and out of Zobah.[H4480] [H6678]

7. So they hired[H7936] thirty[H7970] and two[H8147] thousand[H505] chariots,[H7393] and the king[H4428] of Maachah[H4601] and his people;[H5971] who came[H935] and pitched[H2583] before[H6440] Medeba.[H4311] And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] gathered themselves together[H622] from their cities,[H4480] [H5892] and came[H935] to battle.[H4421]

8. And when David[H1732] heard[H8085] of it, he sent[H7971] [H853] Joab,[H3097] and all[H3605] the host[H6635] of the mighty men.[H1368]

9. And the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] came out,[H3318] and put the battle in array[H6186] [H4421] before the gate[H6607] of the city:[H5892] and the kings[H4428] that[H834] were come[H935] were by themselves[H905] in the field.[H7704]

10. Now when Joab[H3097] saw[H7200] that[H3588] the battle[H6440] [H4421] was set[H1961] against[H413] him before[H6440] and behind,[H268] he chose[H977] out of all[H4480] [H3605] the choice[H977] of Israel,[H3478] and put them in array[H6186] against[H7125] the Syrians.[H758]

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

12. And he said,[H559] If[H518] the Syrians[H758] be too strong[H2388] for[H4480] me, then thou shalt help[H1961] [H8668] me: but if[H518] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] be too strong[H2388] for[H4480] thee, then I will help[H3467] thee.

13. Be of good courage,[H2388] and let us behave ourselves valiantly[H2388] for[H1157] our people,[H5971] and for[H1157] the cities[H5892] of our God:[H430] and let the LORD[H3068] do[H6213] that which is good[H2896] in his sight.[H5869]

14. So Joab[H3097] and the people[H5971] that[H834] were with[H5973] him drew nigh[H5066] before[H6440] the Syrians[H758] unto the battle;[H4421] and they fled[H5127] before[H4480] [H6440] him.

15. And when the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] saw[H7200] that[H3588] the Syrians[H758] were fled,[H5127] they[H1992] likewise[H1571] fled[H5127] before[H4480] [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[H3588] they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel,[H3478] they sent[H7971] messengers,[H4397] and drew forth[H3318] [H853] the Syrians[H758] that[H834] were beyond[H4480] [H5676] the river:[H5104] and Shophach[H7780] the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of Hadarezer[H1928] went before[H6440] them.

17. And it was told[H5046] David;[H1732] and he gathered[H622] [H853] all[H3605] Israel,[H3478] and passed over[H5674] Jordan,[H3383] and came[H935] upon[H413] them, and set the battle in array[H6186] [H4421] against[H413] them. So when David[H1732] had put the battle in array[H6186] against[H7125] the Syrians,[H758] they fought[H3898] with[H5973] him.

18. But the Syrians[H758] fled[H5127] before[H4480] [H6440] Israel;[H3478] and David[H1732] slew[H2026] of the Syrians[H4480] [H758] seven[H7651] thousand[H505] men which fought in chariots,[H7393] and forty[H705] thousand[H505] footmen,[H376] [H7273] and killed[H4191] Shophach[H7780] the captain[H8269] of the host.[H6635]

19. And when the servants[H5650] of Hadarezer[H1928] saw[H7200] that[H3588] they were put to the worse[H5062] before[H6440] Israel,[H3478] they made peace[H7999] with[H5973] David,[H1732] and became his servants:[H5647] neither[H3808] would[H14] the Syrians[H758] help[H3467] [H853] the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983] any more.[H5750]