Verse 4

So Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, cut off their garments in the middle at their hips, and sent them away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:27 : 27 Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
  • 2 Sam 10:4-5 : 4 So Hanun seized David's servants, shaved off half of their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, exposing their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, 'Stay at Jericho until your beards grow back, and then return.'
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They repay me evil for good, leaving my soul in grief.
  • Ps 109:4-5 : 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off.
  • Isa 20:4 : 4 'so will the king of Assyria lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush—young and old—naked and barefoot, with their buttocks exposed, bringing shame to Egypt.'
  • Isa 47:2-3 : 2 Take a millstone and grind flour; remove your veil, strip off your train, uncover your legs, and cross the rivers. 3 Your nakedness will be uncovered, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no one.
  • Jer 41:5 : 5 eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, with their beards shaved, their clothes torn, and their bodies cut, bringing grain offerings and incense in their hands to present at the house of the LORD.
  • Jer 48:37 : 37 Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off, gashes are on all their hands, and sackcloth is wrapped around their waists.
  • Mark 12:4 : 4 Again, he sent another servant to them. They stoned him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away dishonored.
  • Luke 20:10-11 : 10 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the farmers so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 11 He proceeded to send another servant, but they also beat him, treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.