2 Samuel
2 Samuel 10
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2 Samuel 10 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of died, and his son reigned in his stead. Then said , I will shew kindness unto the son of , as his father shewed kindness unto me. And sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And ’s servants came into the land of the children of . And the princes of the children of said unto their lord, Thinkest thou that doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Wherefore took ’s 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. When they told it unto , he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at until your beards be grown, and then return. And when the children of saw that they stank before , the children of sent and hired the -rehob, and the , twenty thousand footmen, and of king a thousand men, and of -tob twelve thousand men. And when heard of it, he sent , and all the host of the mighty men. And the children of came out, and the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the , and of , and -tob, and , were by themselves in the field. When saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of , and them in array against the : And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of his brother, that he might them in array against the children of . And he said, If the be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. And drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the : and they fled before him. And when the children of saw that the were fled, then fled they also before , and entered into the city. So returned from the children of , and came to . And when the saw that they were smitten before , they gathered themselves together. And sent, and brought out the that were beyond the river: and they came to ; and the captain of the host of went before them. And when it was told , he gathered all together, and passed over , and came to . And the set themselves in array against , and fought with him. And the fled before ; and slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the , and forty thousand horsemen, and smote the captain of their host, who died there. And when all the kings that were servants to saw that they were smitten before , they made peace with , and served them. So the feared to help the children of any more.