2 Samuel 10:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, [a]Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, [b]to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the half of their beard, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 ¶ When it was told unto David, he sent to meet them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the king said, Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, then return.
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- 2 Samuel 10:3 Hebrew, in thine eyes doth David.
- 2 Samuel 10:3 Their arrogant malice would not suffer them to see the simplicity of David’s heart: therefore their counsel turned to the destruction of their country.
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