1 Chronicles 19:2-4

Good News Translation

² King David said, “I must show loyal friendship to Hanun, as his father Nahash did to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy.

When they arrived in Ammon and called on King Hanun, ³ the Ammonite leaders said to the king, “Do you think that it is in your father's honor that David has sent these men to express sympathy to you? Of course not! He has sent them here as spies to explore the land, so that he can conquer it!”

⁴ Hanun seized David's messengers, shaved off their beards, cut off their clothes at the hips, and sent them away.