David battles with the Ammonites

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King David was told that King Nahash of the Ammonites had died and his son Hanun had succeeded him as King.
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However when the envoys arrived, King Hanun’s commanders warned him. ‘Do you think David is honouring your father by sending envoys to express sympathy? They are only here to spy out the city and overthrow it’
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So King Hanun humiliated King David’s envoys by shaving off half of each man’s beard and cutting off their garments just below the waist.

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The Ammonites came out of the city and took up their positions.
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Joab and the troops with him advanced to fight the Arameans, and they fled before him.
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Abishai attacked the Ammonites.

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When the Ammonites realised that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled and went back inside the city.
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Their army gathered at Helam on the border of David’s Kingdom. King David assembled all his soldiers and headed for Helam to do battle with them.

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David attacked the Aramean battle lines and they fled before him. David’s soldiers killed seven hundred of their charioteers and forty thousand of their foot soldiers. Shobak, the commander of their army, was struck down and died.
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When all the Kings of the Arameans saw they were defeated they made peace with the Israelites and became subject to them. They no longer fought for the Ammonites against Israel.


David battles with the Ammonites
When David's messengers are humiliated by the Ammonites battle commences.
2 Samuel 10:1-19