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1 Chronicles 19:3

DavidHanun

1 Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son.

2 And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

5 When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

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BSB
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
KJV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
WEB
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”
ASV
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
DARBY
And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Is it, in thine eyes, to honour thy father that David has sent comforters to thee? Is it not to search and overthrow, and to spy out the land that his servants are come to thee?
BLB
And the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “Is David honoring your father in your eyes because he has sent to you comforters? Is [it] not in order to search out and to overthrow and to spy out the land that his servants have come to you?”
ÅB
Da sa Ammons barns høvdinger til Hanun: Tror du det er for å ære din far at David har sendt folk som skal trøste deg? Mon det ikke heller er for å utforske og ødelegge og utspeide landet at hans tjenere er kommet til deg?
OTB
Men høvdingene blant Ammons barn sa til Hanun,
“Tror du at David hedrer din far
fordi han har sendt trøstere til deg?
Har ikke hans tjenere kommet til deg for å undersøke, og for å styrte, og for å spionere på landet?”
B1930
Da sa Ammons barns høvdinger til Hanun: Tror du det er for å ære din far at David har sendt folk som skal trøste dig? Mon det ikke heller er for å utforske og ødelegge og utspeide landet at hans tjenere er kommet til dig?

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Cross references

  • Genesis 42:9–18

    Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

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  • 1 Samuel 29:4

    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

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  • 1 Kings 12:8–11

    But Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders; instead, he consulted the young men who had grown up with him and served him.

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  • Judges 1:23–24

    They sent spies to Bethel (formerly known as Luz),

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  • Joshua 2:1–3

    Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.

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  • Judges 18:8–10

    When the men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers asked them, “What did you find?”

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  • 1 Corinthians 13:5–7

    It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs.

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  • Judges 18:2

    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

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