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2 Samuel

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1 And it came to pass af­ter this, that the king of the chil­dren of Am­mon died, and Ha­nun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kind­ness unto Ha­nun the son of Na­hash, as his fa­ther shewed kind­ness unto 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. 3 And the princes of the chil­dren of Am­mon said unto Ha­nun their lord, Think­est thou that David doth hon­our thy fa­ther, that he hath sent com­forters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his ser­vants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to over­throw it? 4 Where­fore Ha­nun took David's ser­vants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their gar­ments in the mid­dle, even to their but­tocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, be­cause the men were great­ly ashamed: and the king said, Tar­ry at Jeri­cho un­til your beards be grown, and then re­turn. 6 And when the chil­dren of Am­mon saw that they stank be­fore David, the chil­dren of Am­mon sent and hired the Syr­i­ans of Bethre­hob, and the Syr­i­ans of Zo­ba, twen­ty thou­sand foot­men, and of king Maac­ah a thou­sand men, and of Ish­tob twelve thou­sand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the chil­dren of Am­mon came out, and put the bat­tle in ar­ray at the en­ter­ing in of the gate: and the Syr­i­ans of Zo­ba, and of Re­hob, and Ish­tob, and Maac­ah, were by them­selves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of the bat­tle was against him be­fore and be­hind, he chose of all the choice men of Is­rael, and put them in ar­ray against the Syr­i­ans: 10 And the rest of the peo­ple he de­liv­ered into the hand of Abishai his broth­er, that he might put them in ar­ray against the chil­dren of Am­mon. 11 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 come and help thee. 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our peo­ple, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the peo­ple that were with him, unto the bat­tle against the Syr­i­ans: and they fled be­fore him. 14 And when the chil­dren of Am­mon saw that the Syr­i­ans were fled, then fled they also be­fore Abishai, and en­tered into the city. So Joab re­turned from the chil­dren of Am­mon, and came to Jerusalem. 15 And when the Syr­i­ans saw that they were smit­ten be­fore Is­rael, they gath­ered them­selves to­geth­er. 16 And Hadarez­er sent, and brought out the Syr­i­ans that were be­yond the riv­er: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the cap­tain of the host of Hadarez­er went be­fore them. 17 And when it was told David, he gath­ered all Is­rael to­geth­er, and passed over Jor­dan, and came to Helam. And the Syr­i­ans set them­selves in ar­ray against David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syr­i­ans fled be­fore Is­rael; and David slew the men of sev­en hun­dred char­i­ots of the Syr­i­ans, and forty thou­sand horse­men, and smote Shobach the cap­tain of their host, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that were ser­vants to Hadarez­er saw that they were smit­ten be­fore Is­rael, they made peace with Is­rael, and served them. So the Syr­i­ans feared to help the chil­dren of Am­mon any more.