1 Chronicles 19:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ When Joab saw that the line of battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ When Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose from all the choice men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s finest warriors and deployed them to meet the Arameans.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And so Joab, understanding the war to be set facing him and behind his back, chose the strongest men from all of Israel, and he went out against the Syrians.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Wherefore Joab, understanding that the battle was set against him before and behind, chose out the bravest men of all Israel, and marched against the Syrians.

1 Chronicles 19:10 Cross References

1 Chronicles 19:11

the rest of his troops he put in the charge of his brother Abishai, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 19:9

The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

Joshua 8:22

And the other Israelites came out from the city against them, so they were surrounded by Israelites, some on one side and some on the other, and Israel struck them down until no one was left who survived or escaped.