2Samuel:10
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And it came to pass after this that the king of the children of Ammon died ,
and Hanun his son reigned in his stead .
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And David said ,
I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash ,
as his father shewed kindness to me .
And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father .
And David '
s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon .
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And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord ,
Is it ,
in thine eyes ,
to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee ?
Is it not to search the city and to spy it out ,
and to overthrow it ,
that David has sent his servants to thee ?
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And Hanun took David '
s servants ,
and had the one half of their beards shaved off ,
and their raiment cut off in the midst ,
as far as their buttocks ,
and sent them away .
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And they told [
it ]
to David ;
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 .
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And the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David ;
and the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-Rehob ,
and the Syrians of Zoba ,
twenty thousand footmen ,
and the king of Maacah [
with ]
a thousand men ,
and the men of Tob twelve thousand men .
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And David heard [
of it ],
and he sent Joab ,
and all the host ,
the mighty men .
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And the children of Ammon came out ,
and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate ;
and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob ,
and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field .
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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 ;
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and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might array them against the children of Ammon .
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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 come and help thee .
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Be strong ,
and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people and for the cities of our God ;
and Jehovah do what is good in his sight .
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And Joab drew near ,
and the people that were with him ,
unto the battle against the Syrians ;
and they fled before him .
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And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled ,
they fled before Abishai ,
and entered into the city .
And Joab returned from the children of Ammon ,
and came to Jerusalem .
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And when the Syrians saw that they were routed before Israel ,
they gathered themselves together .
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And Hadarezer sent ,
and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river ;
and they came to Helam ;
and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [
went ]
before them .
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And it was told David ;
and he gathered all Israel ,
and passed over the Jordan ,
and came to Helam .
And the Syrians set themselves in array against David ,
and fought with him .
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And the Syrians fled before Israel ;
and David slew of the Syrians seven hundred [
in ]
chariots ,
and forty thousand horsemen ,
and smote Shobach the captain of their host ,
who died there .
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And all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel ,
and they made peace with Israel ,
and served them .
And the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more .
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