1Chronicles:19

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* And it came to pass after this that Nahash king of the children of Ammon died , and his son reigned in his stead . * And David said , I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash , because his father shewed kindness to me . And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father . And David 's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun , to comfort him . * And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun , Is it , in thine eyes , to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee ? Is it not to search and overthrow , and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee ? * And Hanun took David 's servants , and had them shaved , and their raiment cut off in the midst , as far as the hip , and sent them away . * And [certain ] went and told David concerning the men ; and he sent to meet them , for the men were greatly ashamed . And the king said , Abide at Jericho until your beards be grown , and then return . * And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David ; and Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia , and from the Syrians of Maacah , and from Zobah . * And they hired thirty-two thousand chariots , and the king of Maacah and his people ; and they came and encamped before Medeba . And the children of Ammon gathered together from their cities , and came to battle . * And David heard [of it ], and he sent Joab , and all the host , the mighty men . * And the children of Ammon came out , and put the battle in array at the entrance of the city ; and the kings that had come were by themselves on the field . * And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind ; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel , and put them in array against the Syrians ; * and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother , and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon . * And he said , If the Syrians be too strong for me , then thou shalt help me ; and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee , then I will help thee . * Be strong , and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people , and for the cities of our God ; and Jehovah will do what is good in his sight . * And Joab and the people that were with him drew near in front of the Syrians to the battle ; and they fled before him . * And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled , they likewise fled before Abishai his brother , and entered into the city . And Joab came to Jerusalem . * And when the Syrians saw that they were routed 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 . * And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel , and passed over the Jordan , and came upon them , and set [the battle ] in array against them . And David put the battle in array against the Syrians , and they fought with him . * And the Syrians fled from before Israel ; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [in ] chariots , and forty thousand footmen , and slew Shophach the captain of the host . * And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel , and they made peace with David , and became his servants . And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon .

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