⁴ So Hanun seized David’s envoys, shaved off half of each man’s beard,^(A) cut off their garments at the buttocks,^(B) and sent them away.

⁴ so the king^(A) of Assyria will lead away stripped^(B) and barefoot the Egyptian captives^(C) and Cushite^(D) exiles, young and old, with buttocks bared^(E)—to Egypt’s shame.^(F)