2 Samuel 10:4-6

The Voice

⁴ So Hanun had David’s messengers seized. He mocked the men, shaving off half their beards, cutting off their garments at their hips, and then ordering them home.

⁵ When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to intercept them because they had been publicly humiliated.

⁶ When the Ammonites realized they had earned David’s ridicule, they sent for and hired Arameans: 20,000 foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 fighting men from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 soldiers from Tob.