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19 It was after this that Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned instead of him. 2 David thought, "I will be kind to Hanun the son of Nahash, since his father was kind to me." So David sent envoys to condole with him over his father's death. But when David's officers reached the land of the Ammonites, on their way to condole with Hanun, 3 the Ammonite princes said to Hanun, "Do you imagine David is paying respect to your father in sending you this message of sympathy? Have not his officers come to explore, to overthrow the country by spying it out?" 4 Then Hanun seized David's officers, shaved them, cut their robes in two, as far as their waists, and sent them off. 5 News was brought to David of the plight of his men. He sent to meet them--for they were terribly ashamed; "Stay at Jericho," said the king, "till your beards grow, and then come home."
6 When the Ammonites found they had brought themselves into bad odour with David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent four hundred and twelve thousand five hundred pounds in silver to hire chariots and cavalry from Mesopotamia, Arammaacah, and Zobah; 7 they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maakah with his men, who came and camped in front of Medeba. Meantime the Ammonites mustered from their towns for battle. 8 On hearing this, David despatched Joab and all the army with the veterans. 9 The Ammonites marched out and formed up at the entrance to the town, while the allied kings posted themselves apart in the open country. 10 Joab, seeing that he was threatened both in front and in the rear, selected all the picked men of Israel and arrayed them against the Aramaeans; 11 the rest of the troops he put in charge of his brother Abishai, and they deployed against the Ammonites. 12 "If the Aramaeans prove too strong for me," he said, "you must help me; but if the Ammonites prove too strong for you, then I will come to your aid! 13 Courage! Let us play the man for our people and for the towns of our God! And may the Eternal do what he deems right!"
14 So Joab and his force moved forward to face the Aramaeans in fight; they fled before him. 15 Whereupon the Ammonites, seeing that the Aramaeans had fled, fled themselves before his brother Abishai and got inside the town. So Joab marched back to Jerusalem. 16 But when the Aramaeans saw they had been defeated by Israel, they despatched messengers and brought out the Aramaeans from across the Euphrates, headed by Shophach the general of Hadadezer’s army. 17 When David was told of this, he mustered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam, where he drew up in battle array against them. 18 There the Aramaeans fought, and fled before Israel; David destroyed seven thousand Aramaean chariots and forty thousand of their infantry, and killed Shophach the general of their army. 19 When the folk of Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him; nor would the Aramaeans help the Ammonites any more.
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