So Hanun seized David’s men, shaved them clean, cut off their robes halfway up their buttocks, and sent them packing.
When this was all reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, for they were seriously humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow out; only then come back.”
“Everywhere you look are signs of mourning: heads shaved, beards cut, Hands scratched and bleeding, clothes ripped and torn.
“Don’t cut the hair on the sides of your head or trim your beard.