Verse 3
1 Chronicles 19:3
Bible in Basic English
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But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring your father, by sending comforters to you? is it not clear that these men have only come to go through the land and to make secret observation of it so that they may overcome it?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְרוּ֩ שָׂרֵ֨י בְנֵי עַמּ֜וֹן לְ/חָנ֗וּן הַֽ/מְכַבֵּ֨ד דָּוִ֤יד אֶת אָבִ֨י/ךָ֙ בְּ/עֵינֶ֔י/ךָ כִּֽי שָׁלַ֥ח לְ/ךָ֖ מְנַחֲמִ֑ים הֲ/לֹ֡א בַּ֠/עֲבוּר לַ/חְקֹ֨ר וְ/לַ/הֲפֹ֤ךְ וּ/לְ/רַגֵּל֙ הָ/אָ֔רֶץ בָּ֥אוּ עֲבָדָ֖י/ו אֵלֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun, "David honors your father in your eyes because he sent comforters to you. Is it not for this reason that his servants have come to you, to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"
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Chapter 19 Context
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Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his s...
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And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to m...
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But the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Does it seem to you that David is honouring y...
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So Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the m...
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Then certain men went and gave David word of what had been done to them. And he sent out with the pu...
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And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves hated by David, Hanun and the child...
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So with this money they got thirty-two thousand war-carriages, and the help of the king of Maacah an...
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And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.
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So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the...
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Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took a...
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And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brothe...
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And he said, If the Aramaeans are stronger and get the better of me, then come to my help; and if th...
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Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God (Elohim); and may the L...
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So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they...
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And when the children of Ammon saw the flight of the Aramaeans, they themselves went in flight from...
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And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who wer...
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And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to...
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And the Aramaeans went in flight before Israel; and David put to the sword the men of seven thousand...
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