They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

They spent three days eating and drinking with David, since their relatives had supplied provisions for them.

When the Ammonites realized that they had created quite a stink with David, Hanun and the Ammonites spent 1,000 silver talents to hire chariots and mercenaries from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah, and from Zobah.