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2 Samuel 10:4-6
New Catholic Bible
2 Samuel 10:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 Thereupon Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of their beards, cut away the lower half of their garments up to their hips, and then sent them away.[a] 5 When David was informed about how they had been treated, he sent messengers to meet them, for they were greatly humiliated, and to instruct them: “Remain in Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return.”
Ammonites Defeated. 6 When the Ammonites realized that they had greatly offended David, they sent envoys to hire the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah to come to their support, twenty thousand foot soldiers in number, as well as one thousand men from the king of Maacah, and twelve thousand men from Tob.
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- 2 Samuel 10:4 A full beard was the mark of adulthood and authority for an Israelite male, and shaving David’s men was grossly offensive and demanded retribution on the Ammonites.
