Again he sent them another servant. And that one they beat over the head and treated shamefully.
So Hanun seized David’s servants and had them shaved and their garments cut off halfway at the hips. Then he sent them away.
Our God is a God who saves; escape from death is the Lord God’s.
But they seized him, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.
He sent yet another whom they killed. So, too, many others; some they beat, others they killed.
So he proceeded to send another servant, but him also they beat and insulted and sent away empty-handed.