Now when Joabsawthat the battlewas set againsthim in frontand in the rear,he selectedfrom allthe choicemen of Israeland they arrayedthemselves againstthe Arameans.
But the remainderof the peoplehe placedin the handof Abshaihis brother;and they arrayedthemselves againstthe sonsof Ammon.
The sonsof Ammoncameout and drewup in battlearray at the entranceof the city,and the kingswhohad comewere by themselvesin the field.
The otherscameout from the cityto encounterthem, so that they were [trapped] in the midstof Israel,someon thissideand someon that side;and they slewthem untilnoone was leftof those whosurvivedor escaped.
