4. So Hanun seized David’s men, shaved them clean, cut off their robes half way up their buttocks, and sent them packing.
5. When this was all reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, for they were seriously humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow out; only then come back.”
8. When David heard this, he dispatched Joab with his strongest fighters in full force.