2 Samuel 10:4-5

10:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, ¹  and then sent them away. 10:5 Messengers ²  told David what had happened, ³  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁴  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

[10:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto their buttocks.”

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:5]  ³ tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:5]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.