10Afterwards the king of the Ammonites died,^a and his son Hanun ruled in his place. ²David said, “I will show loyal love with Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father showed loyal love with me.” So David sent to console him concerning his father, by the hand of his servants. And the servants of David came to the land of the Ammonites.^b ³But the commanders of the Ammonites^c said to Hanun their master, “In your opinion,^d is David honoring your father because he has sent condolences to you? Is it not in order to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it that David sent his servants to you?” ⁴Then Hanun took the servants of David, and he shaved off half of their beards and cut their garments off in the middle up to their buttocks, then sent them away. ⁵When they told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain in Jericho until your beards have grown, and then you can return.”

Israel Fights Ammon and Aram

⁶When the Ammonites^e saw that they had become odious to David, the Ammonites^f sent word and hired Aram Beth-Rehob and Aram-Zobah, twenty thousand infantry; and they also hired the king of Maacah, a thousand men, and the men of Tob, twelve thousand men.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “And it happened afterwards that the king of the sons of Ammon died”
bLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
cLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
dLiterally “In your eyes”
eLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”
fLiterally “sons/children of Ammon”