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When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
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Verse 7. Warriors. The outrage offered to the ambassadors was a sufficient reason. The king of Ammon might have refused to receive them; but he could not, with any propriety, treat them with scorn. “The right of ambassadors has both a divine and human sanction.” Cicero, c. Verrem 3.—The Romans have frequently waged war to revenge such wrongs. Grot. Jur. ii. 18.
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