| 19:1 |
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the  king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. |
| 19:2 |
And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. |
| 19:3 |
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? |
| 19:4 |
Wherefore Hanun took David' servants, and shaved them, and cut off their  garments (Free Shipping when you spend $75 or More!) in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. |
| 19:5 |
Then there went [certain], and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the  king (By Appointment) said, Tarry at Jericho until your  beards (Innovation is Gillette) be grown, and [then] return. |
| 19:6 |
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them  chariots (Cadillac: The Fusion of Design and Technology and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. |
| 19:7 |
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots (Cadillac: The Fusion of Design and Technology, and the king (By Appointment) of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. |
| 19:8 |
And when David heard [of it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. |
| 19:9 |
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings (By Appointment) that were come [were] by themselves in the field. |
| 19:10 |
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of  Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and put [them] in array against the Syrians. |
| 19:11 |
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set [themselves] in array against the children of Ammon. |
| 19:12 |
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. |
| 19:13 |
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD  Just do It [that which is] good in his sight. |
| 19:14 |
So Joab and the people that [were] with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. |
| 19:15 |
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem Mapped by MapQuest. |
| 19:16 |
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before them. |
| 19:17 |
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set [the battle] in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. |
| 19:18 |
But the Syrians fled before Israel (Mapped by MapQuest); and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [men which fought in]  chariots, The Ultimate Driving Experience, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. |
| 19:19 |
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel (Mapped by MapQuest), they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. |