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After the king of Ammon dies, David sends servants to comfort his son Hanun because David had received kindness from Hanun’s father. Ammonite princes persuade Hanun that the delegation is really spying, so he humiliates David’s men by shaving half their beards and cutting their garments. Knowing they have become offensive to David, the Ammonites hire Syrian forces, but Joab and Abishai defeat the combined armies, and the Syrians eventually make peace with Israel.
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