³ the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think David is honoring your father by sending envoys to you to express sympathy? Hasn’t David sent them to you only to explore the city and spy it out^(A) and overthrow it?”

¹⁶ Send one of your number to get your brother;^(A) the rest of you will be kept in prison,^(B) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.^(C) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!^(D)”

⁹ Then he remembered his dreams^(A) about them and said to them, “You are spies!^(B) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”^(C)

⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.^(A)

⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,^(A) it is not easily angered,^(B) it keeps no record of wrongs.^(C)