2 Samuel 10:9-10

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ¹  10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army ²  and they were deployed ³  against the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 10:14

10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to ⁴  Jerusalem. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

² tn Heb “people.”

³ tn Heb “he arranged.”

⁴ tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.