2 Samuel 10:1

2 Samuel 10:1-19

¹And it happened after this that the king of the sons of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. ²David said, “I will do loyal love with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did loyal love with me.” So David sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came into the land of the sons of Ammon, ³and the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Is David honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not in order to explore the city, to spy it out and to overthrow it, that David has sent his servants to you?” ⁴So Hanun took the servants of David and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, as far as their buttocks, and sent them away. ⁵They reported it to David, and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.” ⁶When the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired Aram of Beth-rehob and Aram of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men. ⁷When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men. ⁸The sons of Ammon came out and drew up for battle at the entrance of the gate; and Aram of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field. ⁹When Joab saw that the battle front was against him before and behind, he chose from all the chosen men of Israel and drew them up against Aram. ¹⁰And the rest of the people he put in the hand of Abishai his brother, and he drew them up against the sons of Ammon. ¹¹And he said, “If Aram is stronger than I, then you will be salvation for me; and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I will come to save you. ¹²Be strong, and let us show ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our Elohim; and may YHWH do what is good in his eyes.” ¹³So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against Aram, and they fled before him. ¹⁴When the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem. ¹⁵When Aram saw that it had been struck down before Israel, they gathered together. ¹⁶Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram that was beyond the River Euphrates; and they came to Helam, with Shobach, the commander of the army of Hadadezer, at their head. ¹⁷When it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. Aram drew up against David and fought with him. ¹⁸Aram fled before Israel, and David killed of Aram seven hundred chariots and forty thousand horsemen; and Shobach, the commander of his army, he struck, and he died there. ¹⁹When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. And Aram was afraid to save the sons of Ammon anymore.

1 Chronicles 19:1-19

¹And it happened after this that Nahash king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place. ²David said, “I will do loyal love with Hanun son of Nahash, because his father did loyal love with me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon, to Hanun, to comfort him, ³and the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not in order to explore and to overthrow and to spy out the land that his servants have come to you?” ⁴So Hanun took the servants of David and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle, as far as the hips, and sent them away. ⁵They went and told David about the men, and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.” ⁶When the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves from Aram-naharaim and from Aram of Maacah and from Zobah chariots and horsemen. ⁷They hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people; and they came and encamped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered from their cities and came to battle. ⁸When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men. ⁹The sons of Ammon came out and drew up for battle at the entrance of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field. ¹⁰When Joab saw that the battle front was against him before and behind, he chose from all the chosen men in Israel and drew them up against Aram. ¹¹And the rest of the people he put in the hand of Abishai his brother, and they drew up against the sons of Ammon. ¹²And he said, “If Aram is stronger than I, then you will be salvation for me; and if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I will save you. ¹³Be strong, and let us show ourselves strong for our people and for the cities of our Elohim; and may YHWH do what is good in his eyes.” ¹⁴So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before Aram to battle, and they fled before him. ¹⁵When the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, they too fled before Abishai his brother and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. ¹⁶When Aram saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they sent messengers and brought out Aram that was beyond the River, with Shophach, the commander of the army of Hadadezer, at their head. ¹⁷When it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, came to them, and drew up against them. And David drew up against Aram for battle, and they fought with him. ¹⁸Aram fled before Israel, and David killed of Aram seven thousand chariots and forty thousand foot soldiers; and Shophach, the commander of the army, he put to death. ¹⁹When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with David and served him. And Aram was not willing to save the sons of Ammon anymore.