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1 Chronicles 19

4 Hanún King of the childrẽ of Ammón doeth great iniuries to the ſeruants of Dauid 6 He prepareth an armie againſt Dauid, 15 And is ouercome.
1.AFter this alſo Naháſh the King of the children of Ammón dyed, & his ſonne reigned in his ſteade.
2.And Dauid ſaid, I wil ſhewe kindnes vnto Hanún the ſonne of Naháſh, becauſe his father ſhewed kindenes vnto me. And Dauid ſent meſſengers to comforte him for his father. So the ſeruants of Dauid came into the land of the childrẽ of Ammón to Hanún to comforte him.
3.And the princes of the children of Ammón ſaid to Hanún, Thinkeſt thou that Dauid doeth honour thy father, that he hathe ſent comforters vnto thee? Are not his ſeruants come to thee to ſearche, to ſeke and to ſpie out the land?
4.Wherefore Hanún toke Dauids ſeruãts, and ſhaued them, and cut of their garments by the halfe vnto the buttocks, and ſent them away.
5.And there went certeine and tolde Dauid concerning the men: and he ſent to mete them (for the men were excedingly aſhamed) & the King ſaid, Tary at Ierichó, vntil your beardes be growen: thẽ returne.
6.¶ When the children of Ammón ſawe that they ſtanke in the ſight of Dauid, thẽ ſent Hanún and the children of Ammón a thouſand talents of ſiluer to hyre them charets & horſemen out of Arám Naharáim and out of Arám, Maacháh, and out of Zobáh.
7.And they hyred them two and thirtie thouſand charets, & the King of Maacháh and his people, which came and pitched before Medebá: and the children of Ammón gathered them ſelues together from their cities, and came to the battel.
8.¶ And when Dauid heard, he ſent Ioáb & all the hoſte of the valiant men.
9.And the children of Ammón came out, and ſet their battel in araye at the gate of the citie. And the Kings that were come, were by them ſelues in the field.
10.When Ioáb ſawe that the fronte of the battel was againſt him before & behinde, then he choſe out of all the choiſe of Iſraél, and ſet him ſelfe in araye to mete the Aramites.
11.And the reſt of the people he deliuered vnto the hand of Abiſhái his brother, and they put them ſelues in araye againſt the children of Ammón.
12.And he ſaid, If Aram be to ſtrõg for me, then thou ſhalt ſuccour me: & if the children of Ammón preuaile againſt thee, thẽ I wil ſuccour thee.
13.Be ſtrong, and let vs ſhewe our ſelues valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God, & let the Lord do that which is good in his owne ſight.
14.So Ioáb and the people that was with him, came nere before the Aramites vnto the battel, and they fled before him.
15.And when the children of Ammón ſawe that the Aramites fled, they fled alſo before Abiſhái his brother, and entred into the citie: ſo Ioáb came to Ieruſalém.
16.¶ And when the Aramites ſawe that they were diſcomfited before Iſraél, they ſent meſſengers and cauſed the Aramites to come forthe that were beyonde the riuer. & Shophách the captaine of the hoſte of Hadarézer went before them.
17.And when it was ſhewed Dauid, he gathered all Iſraél, and went ouer Iordén, & came vnto thẽ, and put him ſelfe in araye againſt them: and whẽ Dauid had put him ſelfe in battel araye to mete the Aramites, they foght with him.
18.But the Aramites fled before Iſraél, and Dauid deſtroyed of the Aramites ſeuen thouſand charets, and fortie thouſand fotemen, and killed Shophách the captaine of the hoſte.
19.And when the ſeruãts of Hadarézer ſawe that they fel before Iſraél, they made peace with Dauid, and ſerued him. And the Aramites wolde nomore ſuccour the children of Ammón.

Notes

1:*.
2 Sam. 10,1.
2:a.
Becauſe Naháſh receiued Dauid & his cõpanie, when Saul perſecuted him, he wolde now ſhewe pleaſure to his ſonne for the ſame
3:b.
Thus ye malicious euer interpret the purpoſe of the godlie in the worſt ſenſe
4:c.
They ſhaued of the halfe of their beardes, 2. Samu 10,4.
4:d.
To put thẽ to ſhame and vilanie, where as the ambaſſadours ought to haue bene honored and becauſe the Iewes vſed to weare ſide garments and beardes, they thus diſfigured thẽ to make them odious to others
6:".
Or, had made them ſelues to be abhorred of Dauid.
6:*.
2 Sam 10,8.
6:e.
Which were fiue in all
7:f.
Which was a citie of the tribe of Reubén beyonde Iordéa.
13:g.
He declareth, that where the cauſe is euil, the courage can not be valiant, and that in good cauſes men oght to be couragious & cõmit the ſucceſſe to God
16:h.
That is, Euphrates.
18:i.
For this place read 2 Sam. 10, 18.