When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
2 Samuel 10:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab withdrew from the attack against the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab returned from battling against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. Common English Bible When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and retreated to the city. Then Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and went to Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, seeing that the Syrians had fled, the sons of Ammon themselves also fled from the face of Abishai, and they entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon, and he went to Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were fled, they fled also before Abisai, and entered into the city. And Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. |
When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they regrouped.
In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
So David said to Abishai, ‘Sheba son of Bichri will do more harm to us than Absalom. Take your lord’s soldiers and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.’
I pursue my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until they are wiped out.
Abishai, Joab’s brother and son of Zeruiah, was leader of the Three. He wielded his spear against three hundred men and killed them, gaining a reputation among the Three.
from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, the Amalekites, and the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Salt Valley.