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1 And it will be after this, Nahash king of the sons of Ammon will die, and his son will reign in his stead. 2 And David will say, I will do mercy with Hanun son of Nahash, for his father did mercy with me. And David will send messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants will come to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3 And the chiefs of the sons of Ammon will say to Hanun, Is David honoring thy father in thine eyes, that he sent comforters to thee? is it not in order to search out, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land, came his servants to thee? 4 And Hanun will take David's servants and shave them, and cut off their garments in the half, even to the step, and he will send them away. 5 And they will go and announce to David concerning the men; and he will send to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king will say, Sit in Jericho till your beard shall spring up, and turn ye back. 6 And the sons of Ammon will see that they were loathsome with David, and Hanun will send, and the sons of Ammon, a thousand talents of silver to hire to them from Aram of the rivers and from Aram-Maachah, and from Zobah, chariots and horsemen. 7 And they will hire to them two and thirty thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, and they will come and encamp before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon were gathered together from their cities, and they will come to the battle. 8 And David will hear, and he will send Joab and all the army of strong ones. 9 And the sons of Ammon will go forth and set the battle in array at the entrance of the city: and the kings that came by themselves into the field. 10 And Joab will see that the face of the battle Was against him, before and behind; and he will choose from all the young men in Israel, and he will set in array to meet Aram. 1 Chronicles 19:1-10, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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