2 Samuel 10:1-2

International Standard Version

Subjugation of Ammon and Aram^(A)

10 Sometime later, the Ammonite king died and his son Hanun succeeded him as king, ² so David told himself, “I will be loyal to Nahash’s son Hanun, since in his loyalty his father showed gracious love to me.” So David sent a delegation^[a] to Hanun to console him about his loss of^[b] his father.

But when David’s delegation arrived in Ammonite territory,