1Some time later, Nahash king of the Ammonites…
2And David said, “I will show kindness to…
3the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun,…
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards,…
5When someone came and told David about his…
6When the Ammonites realized that they had become…
7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots,…
8On hearing this, David sent Joab and the…
9The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for…
10When Joab saw the battle lines before him…
11And he placed the rest of the troops…
12“If the Arameans are too strong for me,”…
13Be strong and let us fight bravely for…
14So Joab and his troops advanced to fight…
15When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had…
16When the Arameans saw that they had been…
17When this was reported to David, he gathered…
18But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David…
19When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been…
