2Sa 10:4 | TNotes | STEP | 10:4 Shaving half of each man’s beard was intended to maximize the humiliation and ridicule. • cut off their robes: The humiliating display of genitalia or the buttocks was associated with military defeat and exile (Isa 20 ).

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‏ 2 Samuel 10:4

10:4 ^a Shaving half of each man’s beard was intended to maximize the humiliation and ridicule.

• cut off their robes: The humiliating display of genitalia or the buttocks was associated with military defeat and exile (Isa 20 ^b).