Hanun (son of Nahash)
하눈 (나하스의 아들)
Named at 2 Samuel 10:1: “the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.” At 10:2 David says, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” At 10:3 the princes of the children of Ammon say to Hanun their lord, “Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?” At 10:4 Hanun takes David’s servants, shaves off one half of their beards, and cuts off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sends them away.
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- 1CH 19:1–5, engwebp
1After this, Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
5Then some people went and told David how the men were treated. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly humiliated. The king said, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
- 1CH 19:6–9, engwebp
6When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
7So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah with his people, who came and encamped near Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8When David heard of it, he sent Joab with all the army of the mighty men.
9The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
- 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp
1After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
2David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
4So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
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Nahash (king of the children of Ammon) — Father of — Hanun (son of Nahash)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 19:1–5, 2 Samuel 10:1–5
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Took part in (3) — Hanun shaves off one half of the beards of David’s servants and sends them away, Hanun shaves David’s servants, cuts off their garments, and sends them away, The chariots and horsemen that Hanun and the children of Ammon hire with a thousand talents of silver
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After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Haven’t his servants come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land?”
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
When the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Hanun (son of Nahash) (person-hanun) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/hanun Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 10:1: “the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.” At 10:2 David says, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” At 10:3 the princes of the children of Ammon say to Hanun their lord, “Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?” At 10:4 Hanun takes David’s servants, shaves off one half of their beards, and cuts off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sends them away. Cited evidence: 1CH 19:1–5, engwebp / 1CH 19:6–9, engwebp / 2SA 10:1–5, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.