1Chronicles 19

The Ammonites and Syrians Defeated

19It happened after this that Nahash the king of the people of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.H310H5176H4428H1121H5983H4191H1121H44272Then David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came to Hanun in the land of the people of Ammon to comfort him.H1732H559H6213H2617H2586H1121H5176H1H6213H2617H1732H7971H4397H5162H1H5650H1732H935H776H1121H5983H2586H51623And the princes of the people of Ammon said to Hanun, "Do you think that David really honors your father because he has sent comforters to you? Did his servants not come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?"H8269H1121H5983H559H2586H5869H1732H3513H1H7971H5162H5650H935H2713H2015H7270H7764Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.H2586H3947H1732H5650H1548H3772H4063H2677H4667H79715Then some went and told David about the men; and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return."H3212H5046H1732H582H7971H7125H582H3966H3637H4428H559H3427H3405H2206H6779H77256When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Syrian Maachah, and from Zobah.H1121H5983H7200H887H1732H2586H1121H5983H7971H505H3603H3701H7936H7393H6571H763H758H4601H66787So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, with the king of Maachah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the people of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.H7936H7970H8147H505H7393H4428H4601H5971H935H2583H6440H4311H1121H5983H622H5892H935H44218Now when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.H1732H8085H7971H3097H6635H13689Then the people of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array before the gate of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.H1121H5983H3318H4421H6186H6607H5892H4428H935H770410When Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel's best and put them in battle array against the Syrians.H3097H7200H4421H6440H268H977H977H3478H6186H7125H75811And the rest of the people he put under the command of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in battle array against the people of Ammon.H3499H5971H5414H3027H52H251H6186H7125H1121H598312Then he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.H559H758H2388H8668H1121H5983H2388H346713"Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight."H2388H2388H5971H5892H430H3068H6213H2896H586914So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.H3097H5971H5066H6440H758H4421H5127H644015When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. So Joab went to Jerusalem.H1121H5983H7200H758H5127H5127H6440H52H251H935H5892H3097H935H338916Now when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of Hadadezer's army went before them.H758H7200H5062H6440H3478H7971H4397H3318H758H5676H5104H7780H8269H6635H1928H644017When it was told David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and came upon them, and set up in battle array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the Syrians, they fought with him.H5046H1732H622H3478H5674H3383H935H6186H1732H4421H6186H7125H758H389818Then the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians, and killed Shophach the commander of the army.H758H5127H6440H3478H1732H2026H758H7651H505H7393H705H505H376H7273H4191H7780H8269H663519And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants. So the Syrians were not willing to help the people of Ammon anymore.H5650H1928H7200H5062H6440H3478H7999H1732H5647H14H758H3467H1121H5983