2 Samuel 10
10
1And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] died, and Hanun [gracious] his son reigned in his stead.
2Then said David [beloved], I will show kindness unto Hanun [gracious] the son of Nachash [serpent], as his father showed kindness unto me. And David [beloved] sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s [beloved]’s servants came into the land of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].
3And the princes of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] said unto Hanun [gracious] their lord, Think youi that David [beloved] does honour youri father, that he has sent comforters unto youi? has not David [beloved] [rather] sent his servants unto youi, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4For what reason Hanun [gracious] took David’s [beloved]’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, [even] to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told [it] unto David [beloved], he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Yericho [Its Moon] until your beards be grown, and [then] return.
6And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that they stank before David [beloved], the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] sent and hired the children of Aram [Syrians] of Beit-Rechov [House of the Street], and the Aram [Syrians] of Tzovah [station], twenty thousand footmen, and of king Ma’akhah [oppression] [oppression] a thousand men, and of Ish-Tov [man of goodness] twelve thousand men.
7And when David [beloved] heard of [it], he sent Yo’av [Yehovah is father], and all the host of the mighty men.
8And the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] came out, and put the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) at the entering in of the gate: and the Aram [Syrians] of Tzovah [station], and of Rechov [Broad Place], and Ish-Tov [man of goodness], and Ma’akhah [oppression] [oppression], [were] by themselves in the field.
9When Yo’av [Yehovah is father] saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice [men] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and put [them] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the Aram [Syrians]:
10And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Avishai [my father is a gift] his brother, that he might put [them] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].
11And he said, If the Aram [Syrians] be too strong for me, then youi shall help me: but if the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] be too strong for youi, then I will come and help youi.
12Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered]: and the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) do that which seems him good.
13And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] drew near, and the people that [were] with him, unto the battle against the Aram [Syrians]: and they fled before him.
14And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that the Aram [Syrians] were fled, then fled they also before Avishai [my father is a gift], and entered into the city. So Yo’av [Yehovah is father] returned from the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace].
15And when the Aram [Syrians] saw that they were smitten before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], they gathered themselves together.
16And Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help sent, and brought out the Aram [Syrians] that [were] beyond the river: and they came to Heilam [stronghold]; and Shovakh [expansion] the captain of the host of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help [went] before them.
17And when it was told David [beloved], he gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] together, and passed over Yarden [Descender], and came to Heilam [stronghold]. And the Aram [Syrians] set themselves in array (to put on; to clothe) against David [beloved], and fought with him.
18And the Aram [Syrians] fled before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]; and David [beloved] killed [the men of] seven hundred chariots of the Aram [Syrians], and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shovakh [expansion] the captain of their host, who died there.
19And when all the kings [that were] servants to Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help saw that they were smitten before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], they made peace with Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and served them. So the Aram [Syrians] feared to help the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] any more.
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