This story was previously told in 2 Samuel 10. It tells the story of how David sent a delegation to the Ammonites to express sympathy for the death of their king, but that this kind gesture was misinterpreted as in fact being a spying mission. So the Ammonites humiliated the delegation by shaving their beards, cutting their clothes so as to reveal their buttocks, and sent them away, meaning David soon heard about this humiliation. So the Ammonites together with their Syrian allies prepared for battle with the Israelites and David sent Joab to face them together with his brother Abishai. Israel was victorious with the enemy fleeing. In the battles David killed 7,000 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers as well as Shophak who was the Aramean commander. Thus the Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
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