And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
And David said, 'I will show kindness to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was kind to me.' So David sent messengers to comfort him about his father's death. David's servants traveled into the land of the Ammonites to comfort Hanun.
David wanted to show kindness to a neighboring king whose father had died, because that father had been kind to David in the past.
📚 Historical Context
This took place during David's reign as king of Israel, when Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had died and his son Hanun had taken the throne. The Ammonites were neighbors to Israel, and apparently Nahash had shown David some form of kindness during David's earlier struggles, possibly during his conflict with King Saul. David was now trying to maintain peaceful diplomatic relations by offering condolences.
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