Defeat of the Ammonites and the Syrians

Hushai the Arkite became David's spy. Hushai came to meet him with his coat torn and earth upon his head. The princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, Do you think because David has sent comforters to you that he is honoring your father? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land? So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle at their hips and sent them away.