And again the man sent another servant to them, and they wounded his head and treated him shamefully.
So Hanun took David’s emissaries and shaved them. He cut off their garments in the middle at the buttocks and sent them away.
God is for us—a God of deliverance. Adonai my Lord has escapes from death.
But grabbing him, they beat him up and sent him away empty-handed.
He sent another, and that one they killed; and so on with many others, beating some and killing some.
So he proceeded to send another servant. They beat him too and treated him shamefully, and they sent him away empty-handed.