1 Tawarikh 19:4-5

19:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. ¹  He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed ²  and then sent them away. 19:5 Messengers ³  came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁴  until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”

[19:4]  ¹ tn Heb “shaved them.” See v. 5.

[19:4]  ² tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto the buttocks.”

[19:5]  ³ tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[19:5]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.