2 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Messengers ¹  told David what had happened, ²  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ³  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.