Verse 4
2 Samuel 10:4
Young's Literal Translation
4
And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst -- unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד וַ/יְגַלַּח֙ אֶת חֲצִ֣י זְקָנָ֔/ם וַ/יִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת מַדְוֵי/הֶ֛ם בַּ/חֵ֖צִי עַ֣ד שְׁתֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֑ם וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם
English Translation
And Hanun took David's servants and shaved their beards halfway and cut off their garments in the middle up to their buttocks and sent them away.
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Chapter 10 Context
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And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the king of the Bene-Ammon dieth, and Hanun his son reigneth...
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and David saith, 'I do kindness with Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did with me kindness;' and D...
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And the heads of the Bene-Ammon say unto Hanun their lord, 'Is David honouring thy father in thine e...
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And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off the...
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and they declare [it] to David, and he sendeth to meet them, for the men have been greatly ashamed,...
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And the Bene-Ammon see that they have been abhorred by David, and the Bene-Ammon send and hire Aram...
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and David heareth, and sendeth Joab, and all the host -- the mighty men.
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And the Bene-Ammon come out, and set battle in array, at the opening of the gate, and Aram of Zoba,...
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and Joab seeth that the front of the battle hath been unto him before and behind, and he chooseth of...
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and the rest of the people he hath given into the hand of Abishai his brother, and setteth in array...
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be strong and strengthen thyself for our people, and for the cities of our God (Elohim), and Jehovah...
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and the Bene-Ammon have seen that Aram hath fled, and they flee from the presence of Abishai, and go...
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And Aram seeth that it is smitten before Israel, and they are gathered together;
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and Aram fleeth from the presence of Israel, and David slayeth of Aram seven hundred charioteers, an...
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