And David heard, and he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and was chief.
And they hired thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the Ammonites gathered themselves from their cities and came to battle.
And the sons of Ammon came out and put the battle in order before the gate of the city. And the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.