1 Chronicles 19:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They were terribly ashamed. When David found out what had happened to his officials, he sent a message that told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back. Then you can come home.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 10:5

They were terribly ashamed. When David found out what had happened to his officials, he sent a message and told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back. Then you can come home.”

1 Kings 16:34

While Ahab was king, a man from Bethel named Hiel rebuilt the town of Jericho. But while Hiel was laying the foundation for the town wall, his eldest son Abiram died. And while he was finishing the gates, his youngest son Segub died. This happened just as the LORD had told Joshua to say many years ago.

1 Chronicles 19:4

Hanun arrested David's officials and had their beards shaved off and their robes cut off just below the waist, and then he sent them away.

1 Chronicles 19:6

The Ammonites realized they had made David furious. So they paid thirty-four thousand kilogrammes of silver to hire chariot troops from Mesopotamia and from the Syrian kingdoms of Maacah and Zobah.

Matthew 18:31

When some other officials found out what had happened, they felt sorry for the man who had been put in jail. Then they told the king what had happened.

Judges 16:22

But they didn't cut his hair any more, so it started growing back.