¹And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] died, and Hanun [gracious] his son reigned in his stead.

²Then said David [beloved] , I will show kindness unto Hanun [gracious] the son of Nachash [serpent] , as his father showed kindness unto me. And David [beloved] sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s [beloved] ’s servants came into the land of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] .

³And the princes of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] said unto Hanun [gracious] their lord, Think youi that David [beloved] does honour youri father, that he has sent comforters unto youi ? has not David [beloved] [rather] sent his servants unto youi , to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

⁴For what reason Hanun [gracious] took David’s [beloved] ’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.

⁵When they told [it] unto David [beloved] , he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Yericho [Its Moon] until your beards be grown, and [then] return.

⁶And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that they stank before David [beloved] , the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] sent and hired the children of Aram [Syrians] of Beit-Rechov [House of the Street] , and the Aram [Syrians] of Tzovah [station] , twenty thousand footmen, and of king Ma’akhah [oppression] [oppression] a thousand men, and of Ish-Tov [man of goodness] twelve thousand men.

⁷And when David [beloved] heard of [it] , he sent Yo’av [Yehovah is father] , and all the host of the mighty men.

⁸And the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] came out, and put the battle in array (to put on; to clothe) at the entering in of the gate: and the Aram [Syrians] of Tzovah [station] , and of Rechov [Broad Place] , and Ish-Tov [man of goodness] , and Ma’akhah [oppression] [oppression] , [were] by themselves in the field.

⁹When Yo’av [Yehovah is father] saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice [men] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and put [them] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the Aram [Syrians] :

¹⁰And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Avishai [my father is a gift] his brother, that he might put [them] in array (to put on; to clothe) against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] .

¹¹And he said, If the Aram [Syrians] be too strong for me, then youi shall help me: but if the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] be too strong for youi , then I will come and help youi .

¹²Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] : and the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) do that which seems him good.

¹³And Yo’av [Yehovah is father] drew near, and the people that [were] with him, unto the battle against the Aram [Syrians] : and they fled before him.

¹⁴And when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] saw that the Aram [Syrians] were fled, then fled they also before Avishai [my father is a gift] , and entered into the city. So Yo’av [Yehovah is father] returned from the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] , and came to Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .

¹⁵And when the Aram [Syrians] saw that they were smitten before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , they gathered themselves together.

¹⁶And Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help sent, and brought out the Aram [Syrians] that [were] beyond the river: and they came to Heilam [stronghold] ; and Shovakh [expansion] the captain of the host of Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help [went] before them.

¹⁷And when it was told David [beloved] , he gathered all Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] together, and passed over Yarden [Descender] , and came to Heilam [stronghold] . And the Aram [Syrians] set themselves in array (to put on; to clothe) against David [beloved] , and fought with him.

¹⁸And the Aram [Syrians] fled before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] ; and David [beloved] killed [the men of] seven hundred chariots of the Aram [Syrians] , and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shovakh [expansion] the captain of their host, who died there.

¹⁹And when all the kings [that were] servants to Hadad’ezer [mighty - meaning disputed] is help saw that they were smitten before Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , they made peace with Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , and served them. So the Aram [Syrians] feared to help the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] any more.