1And it happened after these things, and Nakhash King of the children of Amun died, and Khanun his son reigned after him. 2And David said: “I shall do a kindness with Khanun, son of Nakhash, just as his father did a kindness with me.” And David sent Messengers to comfort him concerning his father, and the Servants of David came to the land of the children Amon to Khanun to comfort him concerning his father. 3And the Princes of the children of Amon were saying to Khanun their Lord: “Surely David was honoring your father for his life because, look, he sent comforters to you to spy out the city, and to know the exits and the entrances David sent his Servants to us!” 4And Khanun took the Servants of David, and he shaved the half of their beards and the half of their heads, and he cut off their tunics unto their navels, and he sent them away. 5And they told David, and he sent some men to meet them, because they were very ashamed, and the King said to them: “Stay in Jericho until whenever your beards will grow, and you shall return.”

6And the sons of Amon saw that they had done wrong against the Servants of David, and Khanun and the sons of Amon sent to hire for themselves with a thousand talents of silver from Aram Nahrayn, and from Kharan, and from Netsibin, and from Adum, double horse chariots and horsemen. 7And they hired for themselves thirty two thousand horsemen, and the King of Kharan, and the King of Adum, and the King of Aram Nahrayn, and the King of Netsibin and their armies, and they came and they encamped before Medeba, and the sons of Amon were assembled from their cities and they came to the battle. 8And David heard and he sent Yuab and all the armies of mighty men. 9And the sons of Amon went out and made war before the gate, and those Kings and their armies camping by themselves in the fields.

10And Yuab saw that the battle was intense upon him from before him and from behind him, and he chose to himself from all the mighty men of Israel, and they made war against Adum. 11And the rest of the people he handed over to Abishi his brother, and he arrayed against the sons of Amon 12And he said to him: “If it is that Adum will be stronger than I, you will come, you will save me, and if the sons of Amon will be stronger than you, I will come, and I will save you from them! 13Be strong and be valiant, and we shall fight for the sake of our people, and for the sake of the cities of our God, and LORD JEHOVAH shall do what is beautiful in his eyes!” 14And Yuab came and the people that were with him to fight with the Edomites, and they fled from before him. 15And the sons of Amon saw that the Edomites had fled, and they fled also from before Abishi his brother, and they came to the city and Yuab returned to Jerusalem.

16And the Edomites saw that they were defeated before the sons of Israel, and they sent Messengers, and they brought out the Edomites that were from the crossing of the river, and they came to Khilam, and Shubak, General of the army of Hedarezar, was in front of them. 17And they told David, and he gathered all Israel, and he came to them and David arrayed against the Edomites; they fought war with them. 18And the Edomites fled from before the sons of Israel, and David put to the sword among the Edomites seven thousand double horse chariots, and four thousand footmen, and Shubak, General of the army of Hedarezar, was killed there. 19And the Servants of Hedarezar saw that they were defeated before the sons of Israel, and they made peace with David, and they served him, and the Edomites did not again choose to help the sons of Amon.