2 Samuel 10:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved off half their beards,^(A) cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.^(B)

⁵ When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, ‘Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.’

⁶ When the Ammonites realised they had become repulsive to David, they hired twenty thousand foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.