2 Samuel 10:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 ¶ When it was told unto David, he sent to meet them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the king said, Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, then return.
6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they [a]stank in the sight of David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the [b]Aramites of the house of Rehob, and the Aramites of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the strong men.
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- 2 Samuel 10:6 That they had deserved David’s displeasure, for the injury done to his ambassadors.
- 2 Samuel 10:6 Or, Syrians.
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