Verse 3

the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun,“Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 42:9 : 9 Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them,“You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!”
• Gen 42:16 : 16 One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
• 1 Cor 13:5 : 5 It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful.
• 1 Cor 13:7 : 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.