Book 38 : KETUVIM - 1 CHRONICLES - Chapter 019
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And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead
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And David said: 'l will show kindness unto Hanun the son of
Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.' So David sent messengers to
comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of
the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him
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But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun: 'Thinkest
thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee?
are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out
the land?
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So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut
off their garments in the middle, even to their hips, and sent them away
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Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men
were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the
king said: 'Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
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And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made
themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand
talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Aram-naharaim, and
out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah
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So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and
the king of Maacah and his people; who came and encamped before Medeba. And the
children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to
battle
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And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host
of the mighty men
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And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in
array at the gate of the city; and the kings that were come were by themselves
in the field
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Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in
array against the Arameans
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And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of
Abishai his brother, and they put themselves in array against the children of
Ammon
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And he said: 'If the Arameans be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I
will help thee
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Be of good courage, and let us prove strong for our
people, and for the cities of our G-d; and HaShem do that which seemeth Him
good.
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So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto
the battle to meet the Arameans; and they fled before him
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And when the children of Ammon saw that the Arameans were
fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem
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And when the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they sent messengers, and brought out the Arameans that were
beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their
head
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And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel
together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in
array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the
Arameans, they fought with him
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And the Arameans fled before Israel; and David slew of the
Arameans the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and
killed Shophach the captain of the host
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And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put
to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him; neither
would the Arameans help the children of Ammon any more
Book 38 : KETUVIM - 1 CHRONICLES - Chapter 019
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