Sunday Sermonette: A big misunderstanding

In Chapter 10, more than 47,000 Syrians get themselves killed, along with an undisclosed number of Ammonites, because of some minor stupidity. Reminds me of theWar of Jenkins Ear. Anyhow ---10 After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.2 And David said, “I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.”This refers to a previously unmentioned incident. The only previous reference to Nahash was in 1 Samuel 11, while Saul was King, when Nahash threatened to gouge out  the right eye of all the men of  Jaeshgilead. Nice guy!So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David ’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.3 But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that he is honoring your father? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”4 So Hanun took David ’s servants, and shaved off half the beard of each, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their hips, and sent them away.5 When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”Yeah, that ' s pretty funny! But if the whole point was that they were afraid David was going to attack them, and then they realized yeah, he ' s gonna be...
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