So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
2 Samuel 10:5 - Y'all Version Bible When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Y’all are to stay in Jericho until your* beards have grown, and then y’all may return.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return. American Standard Version (1901) When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. Common English Bible When this was reported to David, he sent men to meet them because they were completely ashamed. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown. Then you can come back.” Catholic Public Domain Version And when this had been reported to David, he sent to meet them. And the men were greatly disturbed by shame. And David commanded them, "Remain in Jericho, until your beards grow, and then return." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When this was told David, he sent to meet them. For the men were sadly put to confusion, and David commanded them, saying: Stay at Jericho, till your beards be grown, and then return. |
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of YHWH, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent messengers to meet them since the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Y’all stay at Jericho until y’all’s beards have grown, and then return.”
Now Jericho was closed-closed because of the children of Israel. No one went out, and no one came in.