1 Chronicles 19:5 meaning and explanation

When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

1 Chronicles 19:5, Berean Standard Bible

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David had sent messengers to console Hanun, the new king of the Ammonites, after his father's death. But Hanun's advisers suspected them of spying, so he shaved their beards and cut off their garments at the hips, then sent them away.

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