1Chronicles:19

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* And it came to pass after this , that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died , and his son reigned in his stead . * And David said : 'l will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash , because his father showed kindness to me .' So 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 . * 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 to search , and to overthrow , and to spy out the land ?' * So Hanun took David 's servants , and shaved them , and cut off their garments in the middle , even to their hips , and sent them away . * Then there went certain persons , 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 .' * 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 Aram-naharaim , and out of Aram-maacah , and out of Zobah . * So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots , and the king of Maacah and his people ; who came and encamped before Medeba . And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities , and came to battle . * And when David heard of it , he sent Joab , and all the host of the mighty men . * And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in array at the gate of the city ; and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field . * Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind , he chose of all the choice men of Israel , and put them in array against the Arameans . * And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother , and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon . * And he said : 'If the Arameans 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 . * Be of good courage , and let us prove strong for our people , and for the cities of our God ; and the LORD do that which seemeth Him good .' * So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle to meet the Arameans ; and they fled before him . * And when the children of Ammon saw that the Arameans were fled , they likewise fled before Abishai his brother , and entered into the city . Then Joab came to Jerusalem . * And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel , they sent messengers , and brought out the Arameans that were beyond the River , with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head . * And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel together , and passed over the Jordan , and came upon them , and set the battle in array against them . So when David had put the battle in array against the Arameans , they fought with him . * And the Arameans fled before Israel ; and David slew of the Arameans the men of seven thousand chariots , and forty thousand footmen , and killed Shophach the captain of the host . * And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel , they made peace with David , and served him ; neither would the Arameans help the children of Ammon any more .

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