2 Samuel 10:4
Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
KJV
Tulit itaque Hanon servos David, rasitque dimidiam partem barbæ eorum et præscidit vestes eorum medias usque ad nates, et dimisit eos.
Vulgate
καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἁννὼν τοὺς παῖδας Δαυεὶδ καὶ ἐξύρησεν τοὺς πώγωνας αὐτῶν καὶ ἀπέκοψεν τοὺς μανδύας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ ἡμίσει ἕως τῶν ἰσχίων αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτούς.
LXX
So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
ASV
וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח חָנ֜וּן אֶת עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד וַ/יְגַלַּח֙ אֶת חֲצִ֣י זְקָנָ֔/ם וַ/יִּכְרֹ֧ת אֶת מַדְוֵי/הֶ֛ם בַּ/חֵ֖צִי עַ֣ד שְׁתֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֑ם וַֽ/יְשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם
Hebrew
Open in reader with connections →
In this verse
In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 19:3 — But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and
- 1Chr 19:4 — 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.
- Isa 20:4 — So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.
- Jer 41:5 — That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in th