And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
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, contra Verrem 3.)
The Romans have frequently waged war to revenge such wrongs. (Grotius, Jur. ii. 18.)
