II Samuel 10:6
The Scripture
(6) And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The Ammonites humiliated David's messengers of condolence by shaving their beards and cutting their garments, provoking war between Israel and Ammon. Ammon hired Syrian mercenaries to help them, but Joab and Abishai defeated both forces, and the Syrians later made peace with Israel.
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Genesis 34:30Exodus 5:21I Samuel 13:4I Samuel 27:12I Chronicles 19:6I Chronicles 19:7II Samuel 8:3II Samuel 8:5II Samuel 8:12Proverbs 25:8Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10
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