1 Chronicles 19:4

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Summary

Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

Took david's

Psalm 35:12

Psalm 109:4

Shaved them

And cut

Isaiah 20:4

Isaiah 47:2

Sent them

Bible References

Took david's

They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow.

They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray.

Shaved them

You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off.

eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem.

For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.

And cut

so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated.

Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

Sent them

So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved off half of each one's beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, and then sent them away.

But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously.

When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed.