- In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.
- David thought, "I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David's men came to the land of the Ammonites,
- the Ammonite nobles said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think David is honoring your father by sending men to you to express sympathy? Hasn't David sent them to you to explore the city and spy it out and overthrow it?"
- So Hanun seized David's men, shaved off half of each man's beard, cut off their garments in the middle at the buttocks, and sent them away.
- When David was told about this, he sent messengers to meet the men, for they were greatly humiliated. The king said, "Stay at Jericho till your beards have grown, and then come back."
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- 此后,亚扪人的王死了,他儿子哈嫩接续他作王。
- 大卫说,我要照哈嫩的父亲拿辖厚待我的恩典厚待哈嫩。于是大卫差遣臣仆,为他丧父安慰他。大卫的臣仆到了亚扪人的境内。
- 但亚扪人的首领对他们的主哈嫩说,大卫差人来安慰你,你想他是尊敬你父亲麽。他差臣仆来不是详察窥探,要倾覆这城麽。
- 哈嫩便将大卫臣仆的胡须剃去一半,又割断他们下半截的衣服,使他们露出下体,打发他们回去。
- 有人告诉大卫,他就差人去迎接他们,因为他们甚觉羞耻,告诉他们说,可以住在耶利哥,等到胡须长起再回来。
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