Bible verse
So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
2 Samuel 10:13 · BSB
The verses around it, from 2 Samuel 10.
9 When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
10 And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
11 “If the Arameans are too strong for me,” said Joab, “then you will come to my rescue. And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come to your rescue.
12 Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
13 So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, who fled before him.
14 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
15 When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
16 Hadadezer sent messengers to bring more Arameans from beyond the Euphrates, and they came to Helam with Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army leading them.
17 When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
KJV
And Joab drew nigh, and the people that [were] with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
ASV
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
ERV
So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
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