11 Then he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the people of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
12 aBe of good courage, and let us bbe strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may cthe Lord do what is good in His sight.”
13 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
14 When the people of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fleeing, they also fled before Abishai, and entered the city. So Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went to aJerusalem.
15 When the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered together.
16 Then1 Hadadezer sent and brought out the Syrians who were beyond2 the River, and they came to Helam. And Shobach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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Introduction to 2 Samuel
See the Introduction to Samuel in the notes on First Samuel
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