<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s>, that <sn="5176">Nahash</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="4191">died</s>, and his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="559">said</s>, I will <sn="6213">show</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">unto</s><sn="2586">Hanun</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5176">Nahash</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="6213">showed</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">to</s> me. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s> to <sn="5162">comfort</s> him <sn="5921">concerning</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. So the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2586">Hanun</s>, to <sn="5162">comfort</s> him. </v>
<vn='3'>But the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="559">said</s> to <sn="2586">Hanun</s>, <sn="5869">Thinkest</s> thou that <sn="1732">David</s> doth <sn="3513">honor</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1">father</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> he hath <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="5162">comforters</s> unto thee? are <sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee <sn="5668">for</s> to <sn="2713">search</s>, and to <sn="2015">overthrow</s>, and to spy <sn="7270">out</s> the <sn="776">land</s>? </v>
<vn='4'>Wherefore <sn="2586">Hanun</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>, and <sn="1548">shaved</s> them, and cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4063">garments</s> in the <sn="2677">midst</s> hard <sn="5704">by</s> their <sn="4667">buttocks</s>, and sent them <sn="7971">away</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then there <sn="1980">went</s> certain, and <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s><sn="5921">how</s> the <sn="376">men</s> were served. And he <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="376">men</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="3966">greatly</s><sn="3637">ashamed</s>. And the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3427">Tarry</s> at <sn="3405">Jericho</s><sn="5704 834">until</s> your <sn="2206">beards</s> be <sn="6779">grown</s>, and then <sn="7725">return</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they had made themselves <sn="887">odious</s><sn="5973">to</s><sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="2586">Hanun</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="7971">sent</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="3603">talents</s> of <sn="3701">silver</s> to <sn="7936">hire</s> them <sn="7393">chariots</s> and <sn="6571">horsemen</s> out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="763">Mesopotamia</s>, and out <sn="4480">of</s><sn="758 4601">Syria</s> -maachah, and out of <sn="4480 6678">Zobah</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>So they <sn="7936">hired</s><sn="7970">thirty</s> and <sn="8147">two</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7393">chariots</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4601">Maachah</s> and his <sn="5971">people</s>; who <sn="935">came</s> and <sn="2583">pitched</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="4311">Medeba</s>. And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> gathered themselves <sn="622">together</s> from their <sn="4480 5892">cities</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And when <sn="1732">David</s><sn="8085">heard</s> of it, he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3097">Joab</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6635">host</s> of the mighty <sn="1368">men</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> came <sn="3318">out</s>, and put the battle in <sn="6186 4421">array</s> before the <sn="6607">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>: and the <sn="4428">kings</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="935">come</s> were by <sn="905">themselves</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Now when <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6440 4421">battle</s> was <sn="1961">set</s><sn="413">against</s> him <sn="6440">before</s> and <sn="268">behind</s>, he <sn="977">chose</s> out of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="977">choice</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and put them in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> he <sn="5414">delivered</s> unto the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="52">Abishai</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, and they set themselves in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">If</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> be too <sn="2388">strong</s><sn="4480">for</s> me, then thou shalt <sn="1961 8668">help</s> me: but <sn="518">if</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> be too <sn="2388">strong</s><sn="4480">for</s> thee, then I will <sn="3467">help</s> thee. </v>
<vn='13'>Be of good <sn="2388">courage</s>, and let us behave ourselves <sn="2388">valiantly</s><sn="1157">for</s> our <sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="1157">for</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>: and let the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">do</s> that which is <sn="2896">good</s> in his <sn="5869">sight</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>So <sn="3097">Joab</s> and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him drew <sn="5066">nigh</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> unto the <sn="4421">battle</s>; and they <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='15'>And when the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> were <sn="5127">fled</s>, <sn="1992">they</s><sn="1571">likewise</s><sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s><sn="52">Abishai</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, and <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>. Then <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And when the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were put to the <sn="5062">worse</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s>, and drew <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="4480 5676">beyond</s> the <sn="5104">river</s>: and <sn="7780">Shophach</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s> of <sn="1928">Hadarezer</s> went <sn="6440">before</s> them. </v>
<vn='17'>And it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>; and he <sn="622">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">upon</s> them, and set the battle in <sn="6186 4421">array</s><sn="413">against</s> them. So when <sn="1732">David</s> had put the battle in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s>, they <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>But the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>; and <sn="1732">David</s><sn="2026">slew</s> of the <sn="4480 758">Syrians</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s> men which fought in <sn="7393">chariots</s>, and <sn="705">forty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376 7273">footmen</s>, and <sn="4191">killed</s><sn="7780">Shophach</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of the <sn="6635">host</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And when the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="1928">Hadarezer</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were put to the <sn="5062">worse</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, they made <sn="7999">peace</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and became his <sn="5647">servants</s>: <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="14">would</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="3467">help</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>