2 Samuel 10:4 “So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, c…”

2 Samuel 10:4

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

World English Bible

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

American Standard Version

So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore Hanun tooke Dauids seruants, and shaued off the halfe of their beard, and cut off their garments in the middle, euen to their buttockes, and sent them away.

Darby Translation

And Hanun took David's servants, and had the one half of their beards shaved off, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as their buttocks, and sent them away.

Young's Literal Translation

And Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth off the half of their beard, and cutteth off their long robes in the midst — unto their buttocks, and sendeth them away;

Bible in Basic English

So Hanun took David's servants, and after cutting off half the hair on their chins, and cutting off the skirts of their robes up to the middle, he sent them away.

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Cross references

“and shaved”

Isaiah 15:2 Leviticus 19:27 1 Chronicles 19:3 1 Chronicles 19:4 Psalm 109:4 Psalm 109:5

Isaiah 15:2 · BSB

Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.

Leviticus 19:27 · BSB

You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.

1 Chronicles 19:3 · BSB

the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and…

1 Chronicles 19:4 · BSB

So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

Psalm 109:4 · BSB

In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

Psalm 109:5 · BSB

They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

“cut off”

Isaiah 20:4 Jeremiah 41:5 Isaiah 47:2 Isaiah 47:3

Isaiah 20:4 · BSB

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

Jeremiah 41:5 · BSB

eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 47:2 · BSB

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.

Isaiah 47:3 · BSB

Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

5When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

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