1 Chronicles 19:3-5

Evangelical Heritage Version

³ the officers of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is honoring your father because he has sent messengers to express sympathy to you? Haven’t his officials come to you as scouts to spy on the land and to overthrow it?”

⁴ So Hanun seized David’s officials, shaved them, and cut off their clothing up to the middle of their buttocks and sent them away.

⁵ After they were sent on their way, David received a report about these men. David sent messengers to meet them, for the men were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”