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And Davidsaid, I will shewkindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his fathershewedkindness to me. And Davidsentmessengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of Davidcame into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
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But the princes of the children of Ammonsaid to Hanun,Thinkest[a] thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sentcomforters unto thee? are not his servantscome unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
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Wherefore HanuntookDavid'sservants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
The eighteenth and nineteenth chapters are the same with 2Sa 8:1-10:19, 20:1-26 with very little variations, which are observed in the notes on them, to which the reader is referred. 18867-950102-2024-1Ch19.2