He said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
2 Samuel 10:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 the rest of the troops he put in the charge of his brother Abishai, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The rest of the men Joab gave over to Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the Ammonites. American Standard Version (1901) and the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon. Common English Bible The rest of the army Joab placed under the command of his brother Abishai. When they took up their positions to meet the Ammonites, Joab said, Catholic Public Domain Version But the remaining part of the people he delivered to his brother Abishai, who formed a battle line against the sons of Ammon. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the rest of the people he delivered to Abisai his brother, who set them in array against the children of Ammon. |
He said, “If the Arameans are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
When Joab saw that the 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;
And David sent forth the army: one third under the command of Joab; one third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother; and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”
Now Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Thirty. With his spear he fought against three hundred men and killed them and won a name beside the Three.
Abishai son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
Some time afterward, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him.