1 Chronicles 19:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³ the Ammonite princes asked Hanun, “Do you think David is honoring your father because he sent men to comfort you? Haven’t his servants come to explore, destroy, and spy on the country?” ⁴ So Hanun took David’s men, shaved them, cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.

⁵ After people told David ⌞what had happened⌟ to the men, he sent ⌞someone⌟ to meet them because they were deeply humiliated. The king said to them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return ⌞to Jerusalem⌟.”