And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God; but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.

So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

And he said, Be it far from me, Jehovah, that I should do this thing! is it not the blood of the men that went at the risk of their lives? Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, "The king is grieved over his son."