|
Chapter 19
- 19:1
- Now it came to pass after this,
that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son
reigned in his stead.
- 19:2
- And David said, I will shew
kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed
kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning
his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the
children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
- 19:3
- But the princes of the children of
Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father,
that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto
thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
- 19:4
- Wherefore Hanun took David's
servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst
hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
- 19:5
- Then there went certain, and told
David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men
were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your
beards be grown, and then return.
- 19:6
- And when the children of Ammon saw
that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children
of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and
horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
- 19:7
- So they hired thirty and two
thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came
and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered
themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
- 19:8
- And when David heard of it, he
sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
- 19:9
- And the children of Ammon came
out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the
kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
- 19:10
- Now when Joab saw that the battle
was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice
of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
- 19:11
- And the rest of the people he
delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set
themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
- 19:12
- And he said, If the Syrians be too
strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon
be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
- 19:13
- Be of good courage, and let us
behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
- 19:14
- So Joab and the people that were
with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled
before him.
- 19:15
- And when the children of Ammon saw
that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
- 19:16
- And when the Syrians saw that they
were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew
forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain
of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
- 19:17
- And it was told David; and he
gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and
set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle
in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
- 19:18
- But the Syrians fled before
Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought
in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the
captain of the host.
- 19:19
- And when the servants of Hadarezer
saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace
with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help
the children of Ammon any more.
|
|