2º Samuel 10 (Spanish RV 1909) - Bible Truth Library

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2 S. 10:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, evenc to their buttocks, and sent them away.

Is. 20:4• ⁴Así llevará el rey de Asiria la cautividad de Egipto y la transmigración de Etiopía, de mozos y de viejos, desnuda y descalza, y descubiertas las nalgas para vergüenza de Egipto. (Is. 20:4)

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Is. 47:2• ²Toma el molino, y muele harina: descubre tus guedejas, descalza los pies, descubre las piernas, pasa los ríos. (Is. 47:2)

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and shaved.The beard is held in high respect and greatly valued in the East:

the possessor considers it as his greatest ornament; often swears by it; and, in matters of great importance, pledges it; and nothing can be more secure than such a pledge; for its owner will redeem it at the hazard of his life.

The beard was never cut off but in mourning, or as a sign of slavery.

It is customary to shave the Ottoman princes, as a mark of their subjection to the reigning emperor.

The beard is a mark of authority and liberty among the Mohammedans.

The Persians who clip the beard, and shave above the jaw, are reputed heretics.

They who serve in the {seraglios} have their beards shaven, as a sign of servitude; nor do they suffer them to grow till the sultan has set them at liberty. Among the Arabians, it is more infamous for anyone to appear with his beard cut off, than among us to be publicly whipped or branded; and many would prefer death to such a punishment.

Lv. 19:27• ²⁷No cortaréis en redondo las extremidades de vuestras cabezas, ni dañarás la punta de tu barba. (Lv. 19:27)

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1 Cr. 19:3‑4• ³Los príncipes de los hijos de Ammón dijeron á Hanán: ¿A tu parecer honra David á tu padre, que te ha enviado consoladores? ¿no vienen antes sus siervos á ti para escudriñar, é inquirir, y reconocer la tierra?
⁴Entonces Hanán tomó los siervos de David, y rapólos, y cortóles los vestidos por medio, hasta las nalgas, y despachólos. (1 Cr. 19:3‑4)

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Sal. 109:4‑5• ⁴En pago de mi amor me han sido adversarios: Mas yo oraba.
⁵Y pusieron contra mí mal por bien, Y odio por amor. (Sal. 109:4‑5)

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Is. 15:2• ²Subió á Bayith y á Dibón, lugares altos, á llorar; sobre Nebo y sobre Medeba aullará Moab: toda cabeza de ella será raída, y toda barba se mesará. (Is. 15:2)

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Is. 47:2‑3• ²Toma el molino, y muele harina: descubre tus guedejas, descalza los pies, descubre las piernas, pasa los ríos.
³Descubierta será tu vergüenza, y tu deshonor será visto: tomaré venganza, y no encontraré hombre. (Is. 47:2‑3)

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Jer. 41:5• ⁵Que venían unos hombres de Sichêm y de Silo y de Samaria, ochenta hombres, raída la barba, y rotas las ropas, y arañados y traían en sus manos ofrenda y perfume para llevar á la casa de Jehová. (Jer. 41:5)

• At ease and in indolence he falls readily into sin, as was the case when he sought for rest among the Philistines. (“2 Samuel 11-13” by J.N. Darby)

• What good Hanun would have enjoyed had he understood the king's intentions. Grace ever characterizes David. Grace, to say nothing of his sufferings and afflictions, makes him a remarkable type of the Lord Jesus. (“Hanun: 2 Samuel 10” by H.L. Rossier)

• This was the most shameful treatment that could be inflicted on the ambassadors of a king. They must pass through Hanun's territory dishonored, half naked, mocked at, and made a laughing-stock. Is it surprising that they were "greatly ashamed"? (“Hanun: 2 Samuel 10” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And Hanun took David’s servants, and had the one half of their beards shaved off, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as their buttocks, and sent them away.