<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="3651">this</s>, that the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="4191">died</s>, and <sn="2586">Hanun</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="1732">David</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="834">as</s> his <sn="1">father</s><sn="6213">showed</s><sn="2617">kindness</s><sn="5973">unto</s> me. And <sn="1732">David</s><sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="5162">comfort</s> him by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">for</s> his <sn="1">father</s>. And <sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="8269">princes</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2586">Hanun</s> their <sn="113">lord</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? hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1732">David</s> rather <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5650">servants</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="5668">to</s><sn="2713">search</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, and to spy it <sn="7270">out</s>, and to <sn="2015">overthrow</s> it? </v>
<vn='4'>Wherefore <sn="2586">Hanun</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="*853"></s><sn="5650">servants</s>, and shaved <sn="1548">off</s> the <sn="*853"></s> one <sn="2677">half</s> of their <sn="2206">beards</s>, and cut <sn="3772">off</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="4063">garments</s> in the <sn="2677">middle</s>, even <sn="5704">to</s> their <sn="8357">buttocks</s>, and sent them <sn="7971">away</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>When they <sn="5046">told</s> it unto <sn="1732">David</s>, he <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="7125">meet</s> them, <sn="3588">because</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">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 <sn="887">stank</s> before <sn="1732">David</s>, the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s><sn="7971">sent</s> and <sn="7936">hired</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s> of <sn="1050">Beth</s> -rehob, and the <sn="758">Syrians</s> of <sn="6678">Zoba</s>, <sn="6242">twenty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="7273">footmen</s>, and of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="4601">Maacah</s> a <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>, and of <sn="382">Ish</s> -tob <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>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='8'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> came <sn="3318">out</s>, and put the <sn="4421">battle</s> in <sn="6186">array</s> at the <sn="6607">entering</s> in of the <sn="8179">gate</s>: and the <sn="758">Syrians</s> of <sn="6678">Zoba</s>, and of <sn="7340">Rehob</s>, and <sn="382">Ishtob</s>, and <sn="4601">Maacah</s>, were by <sn="905">themselves</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>When <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="6440">front</s> of the <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="413">against</s> him <sn="4480 6440">before</s> and <sn="4480 268">behind</s>, he <sn="977">chose</s> of <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="977">choice</s> men of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and put them in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="758">Syrians</s>: </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s> he <sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="52">Abishai</s> his <sn="251">brother</s>, that he might put them in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>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 <sn="1961">shalt</s><sn="3444">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="1980">come</s> and <sn="3467">help</s> thee. </v>
<vn='12'>Be of good <sn="2388">courage</s>, and let us play the <sn="2388">men</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 the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="6213">do</s> that which <sn="5869">seemeth</s> him <sn="2896">good</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="3097">Joab</s> drew <sn="5066">nigh</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> were <sn="5973">with</s> him, unto the <sn="4421">battle</s> against the <sn="758">Syrians</s>: and they <sn="5127">fled</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> him. </v>
<vn='14'>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>, then <sn="5127">fled</s> they also <sn="4480 6440">before</s><sn="52">Abishai</s>, and <sn="935">entered</s> into the <sn="5892">city</s>. So <sn="3097">Joab</s><sn="7725">returned</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And when the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were <sn="5062">smitten</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, they gathered <sn="622">themselves</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="1928">Hadarezer</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and brought <sn="3318">out</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 they <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="2431">Helam</s>; and <sn="7731">Shobach</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 when it was <sn="5046">told</s><sn="1732">David</s>, he gathered all Israel <sn="622 *853 3605 3478">together</s>, and passed <sn="5674">over</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="2431">Helam</s>. And the <sn="758">Syrians</s> set themselves in <sn="6186">array</s><sn="7125">against</s><sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="3898">fought</s><sn="5973">with</s> him. </v>
<vn='18'>And 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> the men of <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="7393">chariots</s> of the <sn="4480 758">Syrians</s>, and <sn="705">forty</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="6571">horsemen</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s><sn="7731">Shobach</s> the <sn="8269">captain</s> of their <sn="6635">host</s>, who <sn="4191">died</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And when <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> that were <sn="5650">servants</s> to <sn="1928">Hadarezer</s><sn="7200">saw</s><sn="3588">that</s> they were <sn="5062">smitten</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, they made <sn="7999">peace</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5647">served</s> them. So the <sn="758">Syrians</s><sn="3372">feared</s> to <sn="3467">help</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5983">Ammon</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>. </v>