1 Chronicles 19:5-7

International Standard Version

⁵ After they had departed, David was informed about the men, so he sent word^[a] to them, since they had been deeply humiliated. He told them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

⁶ When the Ammonites realized that they had created quite a stink with David, Hanun and the Ammonites spent 1,000 silver talents^[b] to hire chariots and mercenaries from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah. ⁷ They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who arrived and encamped at Medeba. The Ammonites also were mustered and came out to battle from their home cities.