2 Samuel 10:4-6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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

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 realized they had become repulsive to David, they hired 20,000 foot soldiers from the Arameans of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 men from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 men from Tob.