KJV King James Version
Wherefore Hanun took David’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.
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2 Samuel 10:4
Wherefore Hanun took David’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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
WEB World English Bible
So Hanun took David’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.
ASV American Standard Version
So Hanun took David’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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 10
1 And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David [rather] sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’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.
5 When they told [it] unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and [then] return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of [it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
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וַיִּקַּ֨חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeחָנ֜וּןH2586 · cha.nunHanunאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עַבְדֵ֣יH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveדָוִ֗דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיְגַלַּח֙H1548 · ga.lachto shaveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חֲצִ֣יH2677 · che.tsihalfזְקָנָ֔םH2206 · za.qanbeardוַיִּכְרֹ֧תH3772 · ka.ratto cut: cutאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַדְוֵיהֶ֛םH4063 · me.devgarmentבַּחֵ֖צִיH2677 · che.tsihalfעַ֣דH5704 · adtillשְׁתֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑םH8357 · she.tahbuttockוַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם׃H7971 · sha.lachto send: depart
Cross-references
Isaiah 20:4So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with [their] buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.Jeremiah 41:5That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, [even] fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring [them] to the house of the LORD.1 Chronicles 19:3-4But 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?Isaiah 15:2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads [shall be] baldness, [and] every beard cut off.Leviticus 19:27Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.Psalm 109:4-5For my love they are my adversaries: but I [give myself unto] prayer.Isaiah 47:2-3Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
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