And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
2 Samuel 10:10 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition and the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Ab´ishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The rest of the men Joab gave over to Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the Ammonites. American Standard Version (1901) and the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon. Common English Bible The rest of the army Joab placed under the command of his brother Abishai. When they took up their positions to meet the Ammonites, Joab said, Catholic Public Domain Version But the remaining part of the people he delivered to his brother Abishai, who formed a battle line against the sons of Ammon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Ammon. |
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
When Jo´ab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Jo´ab, and a third part under the hand of Ab´ishai the son of Zeru-i´ah, Jo´ab's brother, and a third part under the hand of It´tai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
And Ab´ishai, the brother of Jo´ab, the son of Zeru-i´ah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three.
Moreover, Ab´ishai the son of Zeru-i´ah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.