1 Chronicles 19:1-3

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19 When King Nahash of Ammon died, his son Hanun became the new king.

^2-3 Then David declared, “I am going to show friendship to Hanun because of all the kind things his father did for me.”

So David sent a message of sympathy to Hanun for the death of his father. But when David’s ambassadors arrived, King Hanun’s counselors warned him, “Don’t fool yourself that David has sent these men to honor your father! They are here to spy out the land so that they can come in and conquer it!”