1 Chronicles 19
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1 Now it came to pass after
this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in
his stead.
2 And David said, I will shew kindness
unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And
David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of
David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon
said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath
sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search,
and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants,
and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks,
and sent them away.
5 Then there went certain, and told
David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were
greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown,
and then return.
6 And when the children of
Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children
of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before
Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their
cities, and came to battle.
8 And when David heard of it, he
sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
9 And the children of Ammon came out, and
put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were
come were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was
set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and
put them in array against the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people he delivered
unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array
against the children of Ammon.
12 And he said, If the Syrians be too
strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I will help thee.
13 Be of good courage, and let us behave
ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the
LORD do that which is good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that were
with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 And when the children of Ammon saw that
the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and
entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 And when the Syrians saw that they were
put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians
that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer went before them.
17 And it was told David; and he gathered
all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle
in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the
Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and
David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots,
and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw
that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and
became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any
more.
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