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11 Joab[a] said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me,[b] you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you,[c] I will come to your rescue. 12 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!”[d]

13 So Joab and his men[e] marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 10:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Samuel 10:11 tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”
  3. 2 Samuel 10:11 tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”
  4. 2 Samuel 10:12 tn Heb “and the Lord will do what is good in his eyes.”
  5. 2 Samuel 10:13 tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”