The young officers of the district governors led an attack, and the troops followed them.
The young officers of the district governors went out first. Benhadad had sent men ⌞to watch the city⌟. They informed him that some men had come out of Samaria.
He said, “Take them alive, whether they have come out to make peace or to fight.”
Each officer killed his opponent. The Arameans fled, and Israel pursued them. King Benhadad of Aram escaped on a horse with the cavalry.
Then Joab and his troops advanced to fight the Arameans, and the Arameans fled.