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So Hanun took David's servants and ashaved off half of their beards, and bcut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.
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Isaiah 15:2, Jeremiah 41:5
Isaiah 15
2
They have gone up to the temple and toaDibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone's head is bbald and every beard is cut off.
Jeremiah 41
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that eighty men acame from bShechem, from cShiloh, and from dSamaria with etheir beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies fgashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the Lord.