^{3 Ref} But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

^{4 Ref} So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.