2 Samuel 10:4-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁴ So Hanun took David’s emissaries, shaved off half their beards, cut their clothes in half at the hips, and sent them away.^(A)

⁵ When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.”