2 a Because Nahash receiued Dauid & his companie, when Saul persecuted him, he wolde now shewe pleasure to his sonne for the same.
4 d To put them to shame and vilanie, where as the ambassadours soght to haue bene honored: and because the Jewes vsed to weare side garments and beards, they thus disfigured them to make them odious to others.
4 c They shaued of the halfe of their beardes, {2 Samu 10,4}
6 / Or, had made them selues to be abhorred of Dauid.
6 ! He prepareth an armie against Dauid