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Nahash

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 3

Nahash was a king of the Ammonites who had once shown David kindness. When Nahash died, David sent envoys to console his son Hanun, who humiliated them by shaving off half their beards and cutting off their garments, an insult that triggered a war between Israel and the Ammonites (2 Samuel 10:1-6).

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Hanun· father

Appears in 3

Reference	Verse
2 Samuel 10:2	Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
1 Chronicles 19:1	Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles 19:2	And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

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