Leviticus 19:27 forbids shaving the beard — the very act Hanun forced on the messengers, adding religious offense.

2 Samuel 10:4 is the parallel account of Hanun shaving David's messengers' beards and cutting their garments.

2 Samuel 10:5 continues the parallel, telling how David sent word for the men to stay in Jericho until their beards grew.

Psalm 35:12 laments being repaid evil for good — exactly what Hanun did to David's messengers.

Psalm 109:5 says 'they repaid me evil for good' — the same betrayal David's servants experienced.

Isaiah 20:4 shows captives led with buttocks uncovered for shame — the same exposure caused by cutting the garments here.

Jeremiah 41:5 depicts mourners with shaved beards and torn clothes — exactly the two humiliations inflicted here.

2 Chronicles 36:16 describes mocking God's messengers and despising His words, echoing the mistreatment of envoys here.

Isaiah 47:3 says 'your nakedness shall be uncovered' — a similar public shaming to the exposure of David's messengers.

In Mark 12:4, a servant sent by the vineyard owner is beaten and treated shamefully, similar to David's abused messengers.

Luke 20:10 shows a servant beaten and sent away empty-handed, paralleling the violent rejection of messengers here.

Luke 20:11 has another servant treated shamefully and sent away, mirroring the repeated humiliation David's men suffered.