³⁸ The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi^[a]; he is the father of the Ammonites^[b](A) of today.

¹² “But when you saw that Nahash^(A) king^(B) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule^(C) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king.

² David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash,^(A) just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father.

When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,

²⁷ When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash^(A) from Rabbah^(B) of the Ammonites, and Makir^(C) son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai^(D) the Gileadite^(E) from Rogelim

David Defeats the Ammonites^(A)

19 In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites^(B) died, and his son succeeded him as king.