19 4 Hanun King of the children of Ammon doeth great injuries to the servants of David. 6 He prepareth an army against David,  15 and is overcome.

After this also (A)Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his [a]father showed kindness unto me. And David sent messengers to comfort him for his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? Are not his servants come to thee to [b]search, to seek and to spy out the land?

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 19:2 Because Nahash received David and his company, when Saul persecuted him he would now show pleasure to his son for the same.
  2. 1 Chronicles 19:3 Thus the malicious ever interpret the purpose of the godly in the worst sense.

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