Dual Panel1Now it came to pass after this <0310>_, that Nahash <05176> the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> died <04191> (8799)_, and his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
2And David <01732> said <0559> (8799)_, I will shew <06213> (8799) kindness <02617> unto Hanun <02586> the son <01121> of Nahash <05176>_, because his father <01> shewed <06213> (8804) kindness <02617> to me. And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to comfort <05162> (8763) him concerning his father <01>_. So the servants <05650> of David <01732> came <0935> (8799) into the land <0776> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> to Hanun <02586>_, to comfort <05162> (8763) him.
3But the princes <08269> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> said <0559> (8799) to Hanun <02586>_, Thinkest <05869> thou that David <01732> doth honour <03513> (8764) thy father <01>_, that he hath sent <07971> (8804) comforters <05162> (8764) unto thee? are not his servants <05650> come <0935> (8804) unto thee for to search <02713> (8800)_, and to overthrow <02015> (8800)_, and to spy out <07270> (8763) the land <0776>_? {Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David, etc}
4Wherefore Hanun <02586> took <03947> (8799) David's <01732> servants <05650>_, and shaved <01548> (8762) them, and cut off <03772> (8799) their garments <04063> in the midst <02677> hard by their buttocks <04667>_, and sent them away <07971> (8762)_.
5Then there went <03212> (8799) [certain], and told <05046> (8686) David <01732> how the men <0582> were served. And he sent <07971> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) them: for the men <0582> were greatly <03966> ashamed <03637> (8737)_. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799)_, Tarry <03427> (8798) at Jericho <03405> until your beards <02206> be grown <06779> (8762)_, and [then] return <07725> (8804)_.
6And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200> (8799) that they had made themselves odious <0887> (8694) to David <01732>_, Hanun <02586> and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> sent <07971> (8799) a thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to hire <07936> (8800) them chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571> out of Mesopotamia <0763>_, and out of Syriamaachah <0758> <04601>_, and out of Zobah <06678>_. {odious: Heb. to stink}
7So they hired <07936> (8799) thirty <07970> and two <08147> thousand <0505> chariots <07393>_, and the king <04428> of Maachah <04601> and his people <05971>_; who came <0935> (8799) and pitched <02583> (8799) before <06440> Medeba <04311>_. And the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> gathered themselves together <0622> (8738) from their cities <05892>_, and came <0935> (8799) to battle <04421>_.
8And when David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) [of it], he sent <07971> (8799) Joab <03097>_, and all the host <06635> of the mighty men <01368>_.
9And the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came out <03318> (8799)_, and put the battle <04421> in array <06186> (8799) before the gate <06607> of the city <05892>_: and the kings <04428> that were come <0935> (8804) [were] by themselves in the field <07704>_.
10Now when Joab <03097> saw <07200> (8799) that the battle <04421> was set against him before <06440> and behind <0268>_, he chose out <0977> (8799) of all the choice <0977> (8803) of Israel <03478>_, and put [them] in array <06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the Syrians <0758>_. {the battle...: Heb. the face of the battle was} {choice: or, young men}
11And the rest <03499> of the people <05971> he delivered <05414> (8804) unto the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> his brother <0251>_, and they set [themselves] in array <06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>_. {Abishai: Heb. Abshai}
12And he said <0559> (8799)_, If the Syrians <0758> be too strong <02388> (8799) for me, then thou shalt help <08668> me: but if the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> be too strong <02388> (8799) for thee, then I will help <03467> (8689) thee.
13Be of good courage <02388> (8798)_, and let us behave ourselves valiantly <02388> (8691) for our people <05971>_, and for the cities <05892> of our God <0430>_: and let the LORD <03068> do <06213> (8799) [that which is] good <02896> in his sight <05869>_.
14So Joab <03097> and the people <05971> that [were] with him drew nigh <05066> (8799) before <06440> the Syrians <0758> unto the battle <04421>_; and they fled <05127> (8799) before <06440> him.
15And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200> (8804) that the Syrians <0758> were fled <05127> (8804)_, they likewise fled <05127> (8799) before <06440> Abishai <052> his brother <0251>_, and entered <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>_. Then Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>_.
16And when the Syrians <0758> saw <07200> (8799) that they were put to the worse <05062> (8738) before <06440> Israel <03478>_, they sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397>_, and drew forth <03318> (8686) the Syrians <0758> that [were] beyond <05676> the river <05104>_: and Shophach <07780> the captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Hadarezer <01928> [went] before <06440> them. {river: that is, Euphrates} {Shophach: also called, Shobach}
17And it was told <05046> (8714) David <01732>_; and he gathered <0622> (8799) all Israel <03478>_, and passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>_, and came <0935> (8799) upon them, and set [the battle] in array <06186> (8799) against them. So when David <01732> had put the battle <04421> in array <06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) the Syrians <0758>_, they fought <03898> (8735) with him.
18But the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> (8799) before <06440> Israel <03478>_; and David <01732> slew <02026> (8799) of the Syrians <0758> seven <07651> thousand <0505> [men which fought in] chariots <07393>_, and forty <0705> thousand <0505> footmen <0376> <07273>_, and killed <04191> (8689) Shophach <07780> the captain <08269> of the host <06635>_.
19And when the servants <05650> of Hadarezer <01928> saw <07200> (8799) that they were put to the worse <05062> (8738) before <06440> Israel <03478>_, they made peace <07999> (8686) with David <01732>_, and became his servants <05647> (8799)_: neither would <014> (8804) the Syrians <0758> help <03467> (8687) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> any more.