1Chronicles:19
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Now it came to pass after this ,
that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died ,
and his son reigned in his stead .
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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 .
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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 ?
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Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants ,
and shaved them ,
and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks miphsa #
ah #,
and sent them away .
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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 Jerichountil your beards be grown ,
and then return .
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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 #
Aram ,
and out of Syriamaachah #
H4601 Ma #
akah #,
and out of Zobah .
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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 .
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And when David heard of it ,
he sent Joab Yow #
ab #,
and all the host of the mighty men .
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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 .
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Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind ,
he chose out of all the choice of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and put them in array against the Syrians .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ;
and they fled before him .
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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 .
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And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel Yisra #
el #,
they sent messengers mal #
ak #,
and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river :
and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them .
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And it was told David ;
and he gathered all Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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But the Syrians fled before Israel Yisra #
el #;
and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots ,
and forty #
arba #
iym #
thousand footmen #
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and killed Shophach the captain of the host .
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And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel Yisra #
el #,
they made peace with David ,
and became his servants :
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more .