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1 Chronicles 19:3

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ שָׂרֵ֣י בְנֵי עַמּוֹן֩ לַחָנ֨וּן מְכַבֵּ֤ד דָּוִיד֙ אֶת אָבִ֔יךָ בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ כִּ֣י שָׁלַ֣ח לְךָ֣ מְנַחֲמִ֑ים הֲ֠לֹא בַעֲב֞וּר לַחְקֹ֤ר וְלַהֲפֹ֙ךְ֙ וּ֣לְרַגֵּ֔ל אֶת הָאָ֕רֶץ בָּ֥אוּ עֲבָדָ֖יו אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
vayoʾmrv sharey bney ʿamvon laḥanvn mkabed daviyd ʾet ʾabiyka bʿeyneyka kiy shalaḥ lka mnaḥamiym haloʾ baʿabvr laḥqor vlahapok vlragel ʾet haʾareṣ baʾv ʿabadayv ʾeleyka
King James Version (KJV)

But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

Modern English

But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun: Do you think, because David has sent comforters to you, that David is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?

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