The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . dHanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindnessunto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his fathershewed kindness unto me. And David sentto comfort him by the hand of his servantsfor his father. And Davids servants cameinto the land of the children of Ammon. Hanuns visage of his servants. 2 SAMUEL 11. Defeat of Ammonites and Syrians. 3 Aiid the princes of the children of Ammonsaid unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thouthat David doth honour thy father, that hehath sent comforters unto thee?
The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations . dHanun his son reigned in his stead. 2 Then said David, I will shew kindnessunto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his fathershewed kindness unto me. And David sentto comfort him by the hand of his servantsfor his father. And Davids servants cameinto the land of the children of Ammon. Hanuns visage of his servants. 2 SAMUEL 11. Defeat of Ammonites and Syrians. 3 Aiid the princes of the children of Ammonsaid unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thouthat David doth honour thy father, that hehath sent comforters unto thee? hath notDavid rather sent his servants unto thee, tosearch the city, and to spy it out, and tooverthrow if? 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants,and shaved off the one half of their beards,and cut off their garments in the middle,even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent tomeet them, because the men were greatlyashamed: and the king said. Tarry atJericho until your beards be grown, andthen return. 6 IT And when the children of Ammon saw. And David said unto him, Fear not.—2 Sam. ix. 7 that they stank before David, the children ofAmmon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thou-sand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousandmen, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men. 7 And when David heard of it, he sentJoab, and all the host of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out,and put the battle in array at the enteringin of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, andof Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were bythemselves in the field. 9 When Joab saw that the front of thebattle was against him before and behind,he chose of all the choice men of Israel, andput them in array against the Syrians: 10 And the rest of the people he deliveredinto the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the childrenof Ammon. 11 And he said. If the Syrians be too strongfor me, then thou shalt helj) me
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