1 Chronicles 19:5
in 1 Chronicles 19When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then there went certain persons, 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.
KJV
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun
on 1 Chronicles 19:3-5
The princes' suspicion and the insult that follows track Samuel's account exactly. Hanun “shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away”, and a shorn beard was a mark of shame. Adam Clarke notes the Targum's plainer reading of what the cutting exposed.
This site's exposition
Stay in Jericho until your
David hears of the shame and sends messengers to meet his men on the road. They wait at Jericho until their beards grow back. Adam Clarke's note on verse 4 sends the reader to 2 Samuel 10:4 for the same insult.
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19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. How the hearts of sinners that are marked for ruin are hardened to their destruction.
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The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ | vaiyelekhu | and people went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ | vaiyagidu | and they told | H5046 → | 370 times |
| לְדָוִ֤יד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לִקְרָאתָ֔ם | likratam | to meet them | H7122 → | 139 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הָי֥וּ | hayu | they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| נִכְלָמִ֣ים | nikhlamim | humiliated | H3637 → | |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | exceedingly | H3966 → | 300 times |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| שְׁב֣וּ | shevu | remain | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בִֽירֵח֔וֹ | virecho | at Jericho | H3405 → | |
| עַ֛ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יְצַמַּ֥ח | yetzamach | it will grow back | H6779 → | |
| זְקַנְכֶ֖ם | zekankhem | beard your | H2206 → | |
| וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ | veshavtem | and you will return | H7725 → | 1056 times |
וַיֵּלְכוּ֩and people went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּand they told
vaiyagiduH5046 →370 times
לְדָוִ֤ידto David
ledavidH1732 →999 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙the men
haanashimH582 →566 times
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
לִקְרָאתָ֔םto meet them
likratamH7122 →139 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הָי֥וּthey were
hayuH1961 →3559 times
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
נִכְלָמִ֣יםhumiliated
nikhlamimH3637 →
מְאֹ֑דexceedingly
meodH3966 →300 times
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙the king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
שְׁב֣וּremain
shevuH3427 →1079 times
בִֽירֵח֔וֹat Jericho
virechoH3405 →
עַ֛דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יְצַמַּ֥חit will grow back
yetzamachH6779 →
זְקַנְכֶ֖םbeard your
zekankhemH2206 →
וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃and you will return
veshavtemH7725 →1056 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 16:34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to…
it leads to
- Joshua 6:26
At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations;…
- Joshua 6:26
Through
Judges 16:22However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:44
Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I…
- Psalms 107:13–14
Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress.
- Psalms 106:44–45
Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.
- Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- Leviticus 26:44
Through
Matthew 18:31When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.
it leads to
- Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Mark 3:5
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
- Hebrews 13:3
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
- Romans 12:15
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About 1 Chronicles

Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonUnited MonarchyDavidSecond king of united Israel, shepherd-turned-monarch, ancestor of the Messiah, and traditional author of many Psalms.
- PlaceJordan valleyJerichoThe city of palms whose walls fell flat at the seventh trumpet-circuit; Rahab's city, later rebuilt under a curse, and the road do…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
