When the children of `Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Avishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Yo'av came to Yerushalayim.
When the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra'el, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadad`ezer at their head.