A   After this, it chaunced that ^note Nahas the kynge of the chyldren of Ammon dyed, ∧ his sonne raygned in his steade. And Dauid sayde, I wyll shewe kyndnesse vnto Hanon þe; sonne of Nahas, because hys father dealt kyndelye with me: And Dauid sent messengers to c&obar;forte hym ouer the deeth of hys father. And the seruauntes of Dauid came into þe; lande of the chyldren of Ammon to Hanon, to c&obar;forte hym. But the Lordes of the chyldren of Ammon sayde to Hanon: thynkest thou þt; Dauid doth honoure thy father in thy syght, þt; he hath sent conforters vnto the? Are not hys serua&ubar;tes come to searche, to loke, and to spye out the lande?

B   Wherfore Hanon toke Dauids seruauntes (and polde them) and shaued them, and cut of their cootes harde by their buttokes, and sent them awaye. And there went certayne and tolde Dauid, howe þe; men were serued. And þe; kynge sent to mete them (for þe; men were exceadynglye ashamed) and þe; kynge sayde: tarye at Iericho, vntyll youre beardes be growen, and then returne.

And when the chyldren of Ammon sawe that they stanke in þe; syght of Dauid. Hanon ∧ the chyldren of Ammon sent a thousande tal&ebar;tes of syluer to hyre them charettes ∧ horsemen, out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha ∧ out of Zoba. And they hyred .xxxii. thousande charettes, and the kynge of Maacha ∧ his people, which came, and pytched before Meoba. And the chyldren of Ammon gathered them selues togeather fr&obar; their cyties, ∧ came to battel. C   And whan Dauid heard of it, he sent Ioab and all þe; hoste of stronge men. And the chyldren of Ammon came out, and put them selues in araye to battel before the gate of the cytie. And þe; kynges that were come, kepte them by them selues backe in the felde.

When Ioab also sawe that þe; fr&obar;te of the battell was agaynst him before ∧ behynde, he chose out of all the chosen men of Israel, and put them in araye agaynst þe; Syrians. And þe; rest of the people he delyuered vnto the hande of Abisai his brother, ∧ they put them selues in araye agaynst þe; chyldren of Ammon. And he sayde: If the Siri&abar;s be to str&obar;g for me, þu; shalt succoure me: ∧ yf þe; chyldren of Ammon preuayle agaynst þe;, I will helpe þe;. Plucke vp thine hert, ∧ let vs playe the men, for oure peoples sake ∧ for þe; cyties of oure God, ∧ the Lorde shall do þt; which is good in his awne syght. So Ioab ∧ the people þt; were &wt; him, drue nye before þe; Syri&abar;s vnto þe; battayll, ∧ they fled before him. And when þe; chyldren of Ammon sawe þt; the Syriens D    were fled, they ranne awaye lykewise before Abisai his brother, and gat them into þe; cytie. And Ioab came to Ierusalem.

And when þe; Siri&ebar;s sawe þt; they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers ∧ fet out þe; Siri&ebar;s þt; were beyond þe; ryuer, ∧ Sophach þe; capitayne of þe; Host of Hadadezer w&ebar;t before them. And it was tolde Dauid, ∧ he geathered all Israel, ∧ w&ebar;t togeather ouer Iordan, ∧ came, and set vpon them. And whan Dauid had put him selfe in araye agaynst the Siriens they fought with him. But þe; Siri&ebar;s fled before Israel. And Dauid destroyed of the Siriens seuen thous&abar;de charettes, ∧ .xl. thous&abar;d fote men, and kylled Sophach þe; captayne of þe; hoste. And when þe; serua&ubar;tes of Hadarezer, sawe, that they were put to þe; worse before th&ebar; of Israel, they made peace &wt; Dauid, ∧ became his seruauntes. Nether wolde the Siriens helpe þe; chyldren of Ammon any more.

Dauid

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