1 Chronicles 19:4

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

Literal

And Hanun took the servants of David and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and he sent them away.

Latin

Igitur Hanon pueros David decalvavit, et rasit, et præcidit tunicas eorum a natibus usque ad pedes, et dimisit eos.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

1 Chronicles 19:1–7

The new Ammonite ruler, Hanun, opposed Israel being near his nation. The Ammonites hired Aramean armies from the north. These combined forces gathered at Medeba to challenge David's control of Moab's plateau.

1 Chronicles 18:1–20:8

This section tells about David's wars and military successes, showing him as a great warrior in Israel's history. It focuses on the public and political sides of David's enemies, with little about their private lives.
There are three main parts that match accounts in Samuel:
1. Battles during the kingdom's expansion (1 Chronicles 18:1–17; see 2 Samuel 8:1–16)
2. The battle against the Ammonites (1 Chronicles 19:1–20:3; see 2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:30–31)
3. The deeds of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 20:4–8; see 2 Samuel 21:18–22)
Each part starts with a time transition (some time later) that loosely connects these events (1 Chronicles 18:1; 19:1; 20:4).

Theme notes and profiles

David

Related verses

2 Samuel 10:4–5
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
Psalm 109:4–5
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Luke 20:10–11
At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Isaiah 47:2–3
Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, and wade through the streams.
Jeremiah 48:37
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Jeremiah 41:5
…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
Leviticus 19:27
You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
Isaiah 15:2
Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.
Isaiah 20:4
…so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Mark 12:4
Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

Parallels

2 Samuel 10:1–8

People

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ Hanun: An Ammonite king who mistreated David's envoys

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Hanun History of Israel

Topics

Motive: Misunderstood: David's, by King Hanun Rulers: Wicked: Hanun, Maltreating David's Servants

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