1 Chronicles 19 · Verse 4

1 Chronicles 19:4

Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles 19:4, King James Version

1 Chronicles 19:4 in other translations

BSBSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
WEBSo Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their buttocks, and sent them away.
ASVSo Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
YLTAnd Hanun taketh the servants of David, and shaveth them, and cutteth their long robes in the midst, unto the buttocks, and sendeth them away.
DARBYAnd Hanun took David's servants, and had them shaved, and their raiment cut off in the midst, as far as the hip, and sent them away.
BBESo Hanun took David's servants, and cutting off their hair and the skirts of their robes up to the middle, sent them away.
WebsterWherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

What does 1 Chronicles 19:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 19:4-5
4-5. shaved them--not completely, but only the half of their face. This disrespect to the beard, and indecent exposure of their persons by their clothes being cut off from the girdle downwards, was the grossest indignity to which Jews, in common with all Orientals, could be subjected. No wonder that the men were ashamed to appear in public--that the king recommended them to remain in seclusion on the border till the mark of their disgrace had disappeared--and then they might, with propriety, return to the court. 1Ch 19:6-15. Joab and Abishai Overcome the Ammonites.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 And cut off their garments in the midst - Usque ad eorum, pudenda. So the Targum, Jarchi, and others; leaving exposed what nature and decency require to be concealed. See on 2Sam 10:4 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 19:4 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
חָנ֜וּןcha.NunHanunH2586
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עַבְדֵ֤י'av.Dei[the] servants ofH5650
דָוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
וַֽיְגַלְּחֵ֔םvay.ga.le.Chemand he shaved themH1548
וַיִּכְרֹ֧תvai.yikh.Rotand he cut offH3772
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַדְוֵיהֶ֛םmad.vei.Hemrobes theirH4063
בַּחֵ֖צִיba.Che.tziin the middleH2677
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הַמִּפְשָׂעָ֑הha.mif.sa.'Ahthe buttock[s]H4667
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵֽם\׃Vay.sha.le.Chemand he sent away themH7971

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 19:4

  • 2 Samuel 10:4-5

    Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

  • Jeremiah 41:5

    That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 20:4

    So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  • Isaiah 15:2

    He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

  • Psalms 109:4-5

    For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.

  • Luke 20:10-11

    And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

  • Jeremiah 48:37

    For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

  • Isaiah 47:2-3

    Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.

  • Mark 12:4

    And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

  • Psalms 35:12

    They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

  • Leviticus 19:27

    Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
took David's.
Ps 35:12; 109:4,5
shaved them.
Le 19:27; Isa 15:2; Jer 41:5; 48:37
and cut.
Isa 20:4; 47:2,3
sent them.
2Sa 10:4,5; 2Ch 36:16; Mr 12:4; Lu 20:10,11

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 19:3

    But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

  • 1 Chronicles 19:4

    Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:5

    Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

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1 Chronicles 19:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces Hanán tomó los siervos de David, y rapólos, y cortóles los vestidos por medio, hasta las nalgas, y despachólos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Hanun prit les serviteurs de David, et les fit raser, et fit couper leurs vêtements par le milieu jusqu’au bas des reins, et les renvoya.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da nahm Hanun die Knechte Davids und ließ sie scheren, und ihre Oberkleider zur Hälfte abschneiden bis ans Gesäß; und er entließ sie.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Igitur Hanon pueros David decalvavit, et rasit, et præcidit tunicas eorum a natibus usque ad pedes, et dimisit eos.