Thematic Bible: Shaving of, a great offence
Thematic Bible
Beards » Shaving of, a great offence
Hanun seized David's men and shaved off half of each man's beard. He cut off their clothes from the waist down, and sent them away.
Verse Concepts
The Ammonites realized they had made themselves repulsive to David. They hired the Arameans from Beth Rehob and Zobah, with twenty thousand foot soldiers. From the army of the king of Maacah they hired one thousand men, and twelve thousand men of Tob. After David heard about this, he sent Joab and all the elite troops.